background-color | NN 4 IE 4 CSS 1
| Inherited: No
Sets the background color for the element. Although it may appear as though a nested element's background-color attribute is inherited, in truth the initial value is transparent, which lets the next-outermost colored element show through whitespace of the current element.
CSS Syntax
    background-color: color
Value
Any valid color specification (see description at beginning of the chapter) or transparent.
Initial Value
transparent
Example
    .highlighter {background-color: yellow}
Applies To
All elements.
Object Model Reference
    [window.]document.getElementById("elementID").style.backgroundColor