For automation interface information about the Background Color property (Background Colour, Background Hollow and Background Hollow Set through the automation interface), see the automation interface topic for Symbol Style in the Related Topics.

This property specifies the Background Color for an item.

By default, the Background Color is set to Default Color Used.

This Property is set through the Style Modification dialog, which you open through the Edit button on the following tabs or dialogs:

On the Style Modification dialog, click the appropriate Select button, and then click the required color. To unset this property, click Select, and then click Use Default.

When style settings are applied to a diagram symbol, this property specifies the background color of the symbol. The background color of the following symbol is yellow.

You can apply style settings to a symbol through the symbol, through the symbol's item, through an applied Stereotype or through a Symbol Style item.

The following section provides information about the items and diagrams for which Background Color is a property. For more information about an item or diagram, click it.

Most items, diagrams and symbols.