# How do you change the page background colour in Elements?

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**Category:** Elements\
**Created:** [May 30, 2026, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-do-you-change-the-page-background-colour-in-elements/56430 "2026-05-30T19:22:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jamie1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Jamie1](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Jamie1)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-do-you-change-the-page-background-colour-in-elements/56430/1 "2026-05-30T19:22:40Z")

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I’m a complete beginner with Elements have only had it a few days and have watched the 5 minute quick start and user interface videos that’s it. My question is how do you change the background colour of the whole page?

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**Author:** ![upssjw](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/upssjw/32/26063_2.png) [@upssjw](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/upssjw)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 7:40pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-do-you-change-the-page-background-colour-in-elements/56430/2 "2026-05-30T19:40:51Z")

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@Jamie1

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**Author:** ![Jamie1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Jamie1](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Jamie1)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-do-you-change-the-page-background-colour-in-elements/56430/3 "2026-05-30T19:46:38Z")

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thank-you Steve