# Why are all my webpages showing white backgrounds?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-all-my-webpages-showing-white-backgrounds/354719
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [April 29, 2006, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-all-my-webpages-showing-white-backgrounds/354719 "2006-04-29T06:59:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@AnabolicDoberman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnabolicDoberman)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2006, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-all-my-webpages-showing-white-backgrounds/354719/1 "2006-04-29T06:59:52Z")
I notice the last few days all webpages I go to have a white background. even if the websites normal background is blue or whatever. both of the browsers I am running, IE and firefox are doing this. any idea how to fix?
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### Author:  [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2006, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-all-my-webpages-showing-white-backgrounds/354719/2 "2006-04-29T07:22:20Z")
cite?
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### Author:  [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-all-my-webpages-showing-white-backgrounds/354719/3 "2006-04-29T16:40:59Z")
I know **Seven** probably just posted in the wrong thread, but his response is making me giggle madly.
Unfortunately, I can’t help you with your problem. Have you set the background colour to white?
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### Author:  [@marginal\_prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marginal_prophet)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-all-my-webpages-showing-white-backgrounds/354719/4 "2006-04-29T19:03:52Z")
If your background was a pattern, be sure that its image is not posted on a free site, but directly on the host site. Free picture sites will block any image that gets too many hits within a time period.
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### Author:  [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-all-my-webpages-showing-white-backgrounds/354719/5 "2006-04-29T21:38:59Z")
**AnabolicDoberman**
I think the people responding to your question are thinking you are designing your own website. I’m guessing you are talking about _visiting_ any website, correct?
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### Author:  [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2006, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-all-my-webpages-showing-white-backgrounds/354719/6 "2006-04-29T21:49:58Z")
Slight hijak, but how do I change the background of the "Dope. Somehow Una does it on her board, is it an internal thing? Like, only admins. can do?
Black on white gets a little boring.
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### Author:  [@AnabolicDoberman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnabolicDoberman)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2006, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-all-my-webpages-showing-white-backgrounds/354719/7 "2006-04-30T05:20:09Z")
> [@wolf\_meister](#):
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> **AnabolicDoberman**
> I think the people responding to your question are thinking you are designing your own website. I’m guessing you are talking about _visiting_ any website, correct?
Yep its the websites I visit.
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### Author:  [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2006, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-all-my-webpages-showing-white-backgrounds/354719/8 "2006-04-30T06:08:51Z")
That’s what I thought.
Okay for Firefox, go to Tools, Options, select the “General Tab” then choose “Fonts & Colors …”
In the lower left, you will see choices for text and background colors.
Choose the ones you like and then unclick “use system colors” and then click “always use my colors”. That should do it.
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### Author:  [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2006, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-all-my-webpages-showing-white-backgrounds/354719/9 "2006-04-30T06:12:55Z")
:smack: Oh, wait a minute, I thought you wanted to specify what background colors you wanted. :smack:
Well, the instructions are the same as above except
CLICK “use system colors” and then UNCLICK “always use my colors”
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### Author:  [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2006, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-all-my-webpages-showing-white-backgrounds/354719/10 "2006-04-30T06:15:35Z")
The instructions in Posting #8 would be what **Jake** wanted.
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### Author:  [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2006, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-all-my-webpages-showing-white-backgrounds/354719/11 "2006-04-30T06:40:21Z")
> [@wolf\_meister](#):
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> The instructions in Posting #8 would be what **Jake** wanted.
I could have said Alt/3 but the OP specifically stated both IE and FF…
Therefore… confusing.
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### Author:  [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-all-my-webpages-showing-white-backgrounds/354719/12 "2006-04-30T19:41:14Z")
I’m browsing with Opera, so post 8 dosen’t help much with the 'Dope background.
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### Author:  [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2006, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-all-my-webpages-showing-white-backgrounds/354719/13 "2006-04-30T21:49:57Z")
Okay **Jake** here are instructions for the Opera browser:
Go to Tools, Preferences, then click on the Web Pages tab.
Click on the “Background Color” bar and make your choice.