Changing the background color of emails in the Design Editor

There are different areas where you can change the background color of your email. You can set the color using hexadecimal or RGB values.

An image showing the different areas with background color

Number 1Email background: Change the background color of the area outside of the email canvas.

Number 2Canvas: Change the background color of the email canvas. This is the area that contains layout and content components.

Number 3Layout: Change the background color of a layout. For multi-column layouts, you can adjust the background color of each column.

Number 4Content component: Change the background color of content components.

To change the background of a layout or content component:

  1. With your email open, click the layout or content component you want to change.
  2. Change the background color using the panel settings.

    Tip: For multi-column layouts, you can adjust the background color of each column.

To change the canvas background color or email background color:

  1. With your email open, click An image of the style icon.
  2. Change the Email Canvas Color or Background Color setting in the Email Style panel.

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