One advantage of using CSS3 is that you canapply colors and backgrounds to any element in a web document, create your owngradients, and even apply multiple backgrounds to the same element. Thispractical guide shows you many ways to use colors, backgrounds, and gradientsto achieve some pretty awesome effects.
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Define foreground colors for a border or element with the color property
Combine foreground and background colors to create interesting effects
Position and repeat one or more images in an element’s background
Fix an image to a screen’s viewing area, rather than to the element that contains it
Use color stops to define vertical, horizontal, and diagonal linear gradients
Create spotlight effects, circular shadows, and other effects with radial gradients
