# HTML Table Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-table-question/136691>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 14, 2002, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-table-question/136691 "2002-11-14T07:26:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-table-question/136691/1 "2002-11-14T07:26:29Z")

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Is there a way to give a table a transparent background? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-table-question/136691/2 "2002-11-14T07:29:32Z")

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Never mind, I am now offically the most retarded person alive… I forgot simply need to leave the "BGCOLOR=“000000” " out of the table…duh _smacks head_