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Do you know?
Pixel stands for "Picture Element". A pixel is a single point in a graphic image. Graphics monitors
display pictures by dividing the display screen into thousands (or millions) of pixels, arranged in rows
and columns. On coloured monitors, each pixel is actually composed of three dots a red, a blue and
a green one.
Hence the complete Syntax of BODY tag along with its all discussed attributes is:
<BODY BGCOLOR="#RRGGBB" TEXT="#RRGGBB" BACKGROUND="IMAGE_FILENAME.
EXTENSION" LINK="#RRGGBB" ALINK="#RRGGBB" VLINK="#RRGGBB"
LEFTMARGIN="VALUE" TOPMARGIN="VALUE">
The following table lists all the attributes of the <BODY> tag, their possible values, and a description of
their purpose:
Attribute Name Value Description
BGCOLOR Colour name or hex values Specifies the background colour of the web
page.
Not supported in HTML5
TEXT Colour name or hex value Specifies the colour of the normal text on the
web.
Not supported in HTML5
BACKGROUND URL of an image Specifies an image file to be used as the
background of the web page.
Not supported in HTML5
LINK Colour name or hex value Specifies the colour of unvisited hyperlinks
on the web page.
Not supported in HTML5
ALINK Colour name or hex value Specifies the colour of active hyperlinks
(while being clicked).
Not supported in HTML5
VLINK Colour name or hex value Specifies the colour of visited hyperlinks.
Not supported in HTML5
LEFTMARGIN Numeric value (in pixels) Specifies the left margin (space) of the web
page content from the left edge.
Not supported in HTML5
TOPMARGIN Numeric value (in pixels) Specifies the top margin (space) of the web
page content from the top edge.
Not supported in HTML5
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