Color Blocking and Hover Two vibrant color patterns that emerged thanks to other trends (particularly flat design and card-style interfaces) are color blocking and colored hover states.

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HTML Web programming language enables you to change the background color as well as add a background image. You can use an image to display a background that features multiple colors.

WordPress' built-in editor has an HTML mode that lets you override the background color of a post by changing its CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) background-color attribute to the color of your choice.

Whether it's the text, text box, a table, or the entire page, changing the background color can elevate your Google Docs project. Here's how to do it.