Once I have put a background on my webpage, how do I change the color of all the type?

Answer 1

You can do what your first response said, which is use font tags,

However, a better way to do so is with CSS. At the top of the source code, in the head tag, put in the style tag and then put in your definitions. Here's an example which will style all the text on a page... Do do individual portions, you will need to learn how to use divs and classes or specify other tags to redefine, like body below.

Answer 2

One of the key things to good web designing is making the text stand apart from the background. If you use a black background, you should use bright colours for the text, likewise dark text should be used on bright backgrounds.
Here is a website that is extremely helpful and has tons of free tutorials, I would encourage you to check out the HTML, javascript and CSS tutorials:
http://www.w3schools.com/

Answer 3

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