background color

Behind-the-scenes shade

Background color is the color behind foreground elements—text, images, or objects.

In design and computing, it fills the canvas or container on which other content appears: Change the background color to make the text more readable.

Web pages, documents, and applications all have background colors, often white by default but customizable for aesthetics or accessibility.

Related
  • fillMake something full
  • canvasHeavy woven cloth
  • wallpaperOrnamental wall covering
  • hueColor's specific character
  • tintFaint color addition

shade · palette · foreground · gradient · solid · transparent · RGB · hex · contrast · saturation · layer · opacity · wash · base · screen · desktop · dark mode · web design

Categories
Opposites
visual layer hierarchy

background colortext color

Shade of displayed letters

font color · fill color · accent color

figure-ground relationship

background colorprimary color

Fundamental unmixable pigment tone

Family

background, color, back, ground, backgrounds, colors, colored, coloring, colorful

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G