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background()

Sets the background color of the canvas

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Example

background('hotpink')

Syntax

background('NAME')

or

background(a,b,c)

or

background(VALUE)

or

background(IMAGE)
Input
Description

NAME

the name of any HTML color, for example: blue, green, lightgrey, skyblue, etc...

a,b,c

RGB or HSB values - see Description below

VALUE

a number from 0 - 255, greyscale with 0 being black and 255 being white

IMAGE

Description

Changes the color of the background of the entire canvas. Input can either be the name of an HTML color, a value 0 - 255 for greyscale values with 0 being black and 255 being white. Input can also be three numbers for the RGB or HSB color scale - see colorMode(). Finally, input can be the name of a loaded image, which will be stretched to cover the entire canvs.

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variable name of a loaded image (see ) to be used as an entire background across the canvas

loadImage()