bgcolor (background color) - controls the background color
of the page:
<body bgcolor=CYAN>
Other colors include: Purple, Rose, Red, Green, Aqua, Yellow, etc.
text
(default text color) - sets the color of all text unless you
override it using something like:
<font color=red>
Text to display </font>
<body bgcolor=cyan text=BLUE>
background (background picture) - displays a graphic
file as the background, tiling it out to fill the entire screen. You should use graphics
that are the same color as the background color of the screen so as not to overpower
text that you want to display.