BGCOLOR Attribute | bgColor Property

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Deprecated. Sets or retrieves the background color behind the object.

Syntax

HTML	<ELEMENT BGCOLOR = sColor... >
Scripting	object.bgColor [ = sColor ]

Possible Values

sColor

Variant that specifies or receives one of the color names or RGB values in the Color Table.

The property is read/write. The property has no default value.

Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.

Remarks

Some browsers do not recognize color names, but all browsers should recognize RGB color values and display them correctly.

Standards Information

This property is deprecated in HTML  and is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .

Applies To

	BODY, MARQUEE, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TR