bgcolor attribute | bgColor property

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

Syntax

Property values

Type: Variant

one of the color names or RGB values in the Color Table.

Standards information

• Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification, Section 2.5.5
• HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 15.1.1 (Deprecated)

Remarks

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

See also

body

marquee

table

tBody

td

tFoot

th

tHead

tr