Example -
Body Element Attributes

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The background colour of a web page can be changed using the bgcolor Attribute of the body Element.

The text colour of a web page can be changed using the text Attribute of the body Element.

The HTML

<html>
<head>
	<title>Body Element Attributes</title>
</head>

<body bgcolor="Silver" text="Blue">

The background colour of a web page can be changed using the
<b>bgcolor</b> Attribute of the <b>body</b>
Element.

<p>The text colour of a web page can be changed using the
<b>text</b> Attribute of the <b>body</b>
Element.
</body>
</html>

Important - the spellings in HTML are American (US). For example it is 'BGCOLOR' not bgcolour.

For more information on colours click here.

Example - Body Element Attributes

The HTML

Example -
Body Element Attributes