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400 Pointswhats the difference between background and background-color?
whats the difference between background and background-color?
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,198 PointsThe property "background" is a shorthand for multiple properties.
You can use it set any or all of the following on one line:
- background-color
- background-image
- background-position
- background-size
- background-repeat
- background-origin
- background-clip
- background-attachment
It can also set multiple background layers separated by commas. For complete details, see the MDN page.
Daniel Tkach
7,608 PointsDaniel Tkach
7,608 PointsThere's a very complete answer here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10205464/what-is-the-difference-between-background-and-background-color