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Backgrounds & Link Colors
Backgrounds and Link Colors Most browsers have the option of background images and background and text color control. Backgrounds and colors should be carefully tested on a variety of monitors and browsers for readability.
What is the difference between Link,Vlink, and Alink? LINK is the color of the link before it is selected.

VLINK is the color of the link if already visited.

ALINK is the color of the link when activated.
Sample Code 
<BODY BGCOLOR="#8800FF" LINK="#FF0000" ALINK="#00FF00" VLINK="#0000FF">



<BODY BACKGROUND="cloudsbg.gif"> Click here to see the resulting page from this code.
For More Information Colored Text
Netscape's Backgrounds
Julianne's Backgrounds
BODY ColorMaker Resources

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