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I want a color overlay on this header element. How can I do this with CSS?
#header { /* Original url */ /*background: url(../img/bg.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat fixed;*/ background: url(https://fakeimg.pl/250x100/) 0 0 no-repeat fixed; height: 100%; overflow: hidden; color: #FFFFFF }<header id="header"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12"> ... </div> </div> </header>
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Use mutple backgorund on the element, and use a linear-gradient as your color overlay by declaring both start and end color-stops as the same value.
In short, CSS overlay effects are achieved by using the following: background-image and background CSS properties to add image and linear-gradient overlay effect. position:absolute , top , bottom , right , left CSS properties to control the position of overlay image or text.
You add padding to stretch the dark overlay. So in your actual example you may have to add or decrease the padding of the element with the dark overlay. Adding padding changes both the dark background AND the original background image. Any other suggestions?
In this tutorial, learn how to add overlay to background image in CSS. The short answer is to use the CSS background property and specify the overlay color together with the image URL to add color over the image.
To make the overlay color transparent for making the background image slightly visible, you have to use the rgba () color with the last value less than 1 for transparency. Let’s find out with the examples given below.
We can use linear-gradient as background color, and it can also be used as an image overlay. However, to use it as an image overlay, we have to use it with the background image.
The background color for the overlay is black transparent and have done by RBGA color system. Simply set the opacity value to 1 to show it on hover. We will make look good Plus Icon with by adding some color, font-size, and font-family. Nothing more. Just check the demo and download the source code.
You should use rgba for overlaying your element with photos.rgba is a way to declare a color in CSS that includes alpha transparency support. you can use .row as an overlayer like this:
#header { background: url(../img/bg.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat fixed; height: 100%; overflow: hidden; color: #FFFFFF } .row{ background: rgba(39,62,84,0.82); overflow: hidden; height: 100%; z-index: 2; } If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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