The background style is great for setting off entire sections
of text using a different color. For example, this section
uses a black background with white text.
On the other hand, this section achieves a slightly different
effect by using a pleasant Sky Blue background with Navy text.
You can also use the background style to
highlight individual words.
One of the most interesting ways to use the background style
is to specify a background image. The browser will tile the
image so that it fills the entire section, like this.