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title: "Configure background color and image of an email"
slug: "email-drag-and-drop-editor-configuring-background-color-and-image-of-an-email"
description: "Backgrounds applied to individual containers/stripes help you drag recipients' attention to specific elements."
tags: ["email background color", "email background image"]
updated: 2025-12-10T13:14:45Z
published: 2025-12-10T13:14:45Z
canonical: "academy.insiderone.com/email-drag-and-drop-editor-configuring-background-color-and-image-of-an-email"
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# Configure background color and image of an email

Backgrounds applied to individual containers/stripes (aka rows) help you drag recipients' attention to specific elements. Backgrounds applied to entire emails make your design look complete and unified.

By default, all emails have transparent backgrounds. To ensure recipients can read your logo, you need to set a background color for the structure. In this example, you will see how to apply a background color to a structure.

## Set a background color for a structure

1. Click any element in this structure in the template. 2. Click the **to container** button on the left in the settings panel. 3. Click the **to structure** button. 4. In the **background color of the structure** field, enter or select the color you like.

Your title goes hereYou can apply the same steps to set a background color for the entire email.

## Set a background image for the entire email

The background image will only be shown on desktop devices. It won’t be displayed on mobiles.

1. In the General settings tab, toggle the **Background image** button.

![New Drag & Drop 56(1)](https://cdn.document360.io/c6df4583-da94-4cb2-bb8a-be0cbdd11109/Images/Documentation/New%20Drag%20&%20Drop%2056%281%29.png)

2. Add an image. 3. Set its position. 4. Click the **repeat** button if you want your image to be applied to the entire email, no matter how long it is.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c6df4583-da94-4cb2-bb8a-be0cbdd11109/Images/Documentation/background-img.gif)

Your title goes hereSome email clients, like [Outlook](https://academy.insiderone.com/docs/solutions-for-email-rendering-issues-in-outlook#container-or-structure-backgrounds-do-not-render-in-outlook), might not display the background image. Hence, we recommend also setting a background color similar to the background image for the entire email.