Background Color
Lay a solid colour behind the page content
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About Background Color
Paints a solid colour behind all page content. Because it is drawn underneath rather than over the top, existing text and graphics stay fully legible — the page simply stops being white.
The colour layer is composited into each page locally; the document is not uploaded.
How to use Background Color
- Load the PDF.
- Pick one of the six presets: Light Yellow, Sepia, Light Blue, Light Green, Light Grey or White. All of them are pale enough to keep black text readable.
- Apply the background. It goes on every page of the document.
- Download.
On a production
Colour-coding a printed set of documents so the right one can be found on a cluttered table by glance rather than by reading. Light blue for the schedule, light yellow for the safety notes, light green for the revised pages — a set that arrived white, sorted by colour before it reaches the printer.
Frequently asked questions
- Will the text still be readable?
- Yes. The six presets are all pale tints, chosen so black body text keeps its contrast. Open the result at 100 percent zoom anyway before committing to a print run, since thin grey type loses the most.
- Why not just print on coloured paper?
- Do, if you have it — it uses no ink and looks better. This is for when you do not, or when the document is going out as a file and needs to carry its colour with it.
- Does this replace an existing background?
- It is drawn beneath existing content, so a page that already has a coloured block will show that block on top of the new background. Pages that were plain white become the colour you chose.
- Can I colour only some pages, or mix in a colour of my own?
- No. The background goes on every page, and the choice is limited to the six presets. To colour part of a document, split those pages off with Split PDF, colour them, and put the parts back together with Merge PDF.