Title: Help please
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Help please

 *  Resolved [StingGB](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stinggb/)
 * (@stinggb)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-please-86/)
 * Hi,
 * I’m using the Xoiletter theme. I like it, but I hate the gray colour shading 
   effect that goes from top to bottom of each page in the background of the post.
 * Does anyone know which template in edit themes I might go to look for this, what
   I’m looking for, and get rid of it and change it to a plain white background.
 * My site is here [http://myperfectpitch.com/](http://myperfectpitch.com/)
 * Thanks in advance.
 * Brian

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 *  [kostas123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kostas123/)
 * (@kostas123)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-please-86/#post-2563062)
 * Open style.css of your theme and edit line 79
 * > body {
   >  background: url(“images/background-body.png”) no-repeat scroll left
   > top **#CCCCCC**; font-family: ‘Courier New’,Verdana,Monaco,Arial,Times; font-
   > size: 62.5%; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0; padding: 0; text-align: center;}
 * The color #cccccc is a grey background .
 *  [kostas123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kostas123/)
 * (@kostas123)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-please-86/#post-2563063)
 * [Here you can find ](http://www.computerhope.com/htmcolor.htm)all HTML-color 
   codes .
 *  Thread Starter [StingGB](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stinggb/)
 * (@stinggb)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-please-86/#post-2563064)
 * Hi kostas,
 * I did that, changed #cccccc to #ffffff (white) in that part of style.css and 
   refreshed a couple of pages, but nothing has changed.
 * There must be some sort of code wording for that graded shading effect that goes
   from top to bottom of all my post pages. What is that, and how do I alter it 
   so each page background is either plain gray or plain white
 * Any ideas?
 * Brian
 *  Moderator [cubecolour](https://wordpress.org/support/users/numeeja/)
 * (@numeeja)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-please-86/#post-2563077)
 *     ```
       .postbackground {
       ...
       	background: #ffffff url(images/background-post.png) repeat-x
       ...
       }
       ```
   
 * You need to take out the image reference as well, so the line defining the background
   would be
 *     ```
       background: #ffffff;
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [StingGB](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stinggb/)
 * (@stinggb)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-please-86/#post-2563083)
 * Hi cubecolour,
 * Postbackground already shows as #ffffff which is white, how does that relate 
   to me wanting to get rid of graded grey?
 * The whole code is below, if that helps –
 * }
    .postbackground { width: 90%; background: #ffffff url(images/background-post.
   png) repeat-x top left; border: 1px solid #D0D0D0; position: relative; padding:
   0; height: auto; margin: 0 14px; display: block; text-align: center;
 * Regards, Brian.
 *  Moderator [cubecolour](https://wordpress.org/support/users/numeeja/)
 * (@numeeja)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-please-86/#post-2563087)
 * You are defining a background image as well as the colour, so you need to remove
   the reference to the image. Perhaps you should have tried it before questioning
   it.
 * For a full explanation you can read about the background property on w3schools
   at [http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_background.asp](http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_background.asp),
   Pay particuar attention to the paragraph headed **background – shorthand property**.
 *  [kostas123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kostas123/)
 * (@kostas123)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-please-86/#post-2563113)
 * The **body** tag is responsible for your background color . It works to me with
   FF’s firebug tool . Try to clear your browsers cache and/or F5 , it forces your
   browser to reload the CSS file .
 *  Thread Starter [StingGB](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stinggb/)
 * (@stinggb)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-please-86/#post-2563136)
 * Well, I don’t know which one worked – but it worked!!!
 * Thanks very much cubecolour and kostas.
 * Regards,
 * Brian.

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