This page has it's defaults changed for background colour, and text colour. Change both, or the text could be invisible or hard to read. Don't forget to change your link and vlink colours!
You can also set the background to the URL of an image, which will create a tiled background.
Sample Link
<BODY bgcolor="#0000ff" text="#000000" link="#ff0000" vlink="#ffff00">
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