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Add a background image

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Page title</title>
    <style>
      body {
        background-color: #333;
        background-image: url(../image.png);
      }
      .wrapper {
        width: 80%;
        margin: 20px auto 40px auto;
        background-color: #fff;
        color: #333;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
 
  <body>
 
    <div class="wrapper">
      <h2>Add a background color to the DIV element</h2>
      <p>Because the background image was set for the BODY element, it will be a background image for the entire web page.</p>
    </div>
 
  </body>
</html>

Result:

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