HTML code for Example 4:

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Backgrounds and Colors: Example 4
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<BODY BACKGROUND="gcanyon.gif">
<H2>This is an example of a page with an image for a background.
<A HREF="980804a.html">View the HTML code for this page</A>.
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Note how difficult it is to read the text on this page (even though the text size has been increased). Be careful when using images for a background; the most effective images are those that are almost completely "washed out" (low contrast).</H2>
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</HTML>