How To Add A Background Color In Word

To add some actress visual interest to your document, add a background colour using the Folio Color button. You lot can also add a watermark.

Add or change the background color

Go to Design > Page Colour.
Cull the color yous want under Theme Colors or Standard Colors.
- If you don't encounter the colour you want, select More than Colors, and then choose a color from the Colors box.
- To add a slope, texture, blueprint, or motion picture, select Fill up Furnishings, and then go to Gradient, Texture, Pattern, or Picture and select an option.

Patterns and textures are repeated (or "tiled") to make full the entire page. If you salvage your document as a webpage, the textures are saved equally JPEG files, and the patterns and gradients are saved every bit PNG files.

Remove the groundwork color

Go to Design > Folio Colour.
Select No Color.

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You can employ gradients, patterns, pictures, solid colors, or textures for backgrounds. Gradients, patterns, pictures, and textures are tiled or repeated to fill the page. If you salve a certificate every bit a webpage, the pictures, textures, and gradients are saved as JPEG files and the patterns are saved equally GIF files.

Add together or alter the background color

Get to Folio Layout > Page Color.
Do any of the post-obit:
- Select a from Theme Colors or Standard Colors.
- Select More than Colors and and then choose a color.
- Select Fill Furnishings to add special effects, such as gradients, patterns, or textures.
  
  Note:Select the color that you want before you utilize a gradient or blueprint.

Remove a groundwork

Get to Page Layout > Page Colour.
Select No Color.

Change the groundwork color

Go to Design > Folio Colour.
Choose the color you desire. If you lot don't run into the color you want, select More Colors and so pick a color from any of the options in the Color box.
Tips:
- To pick a color from a file, select the picture image, click the gear icon, and select New from File.