---
id: css-multiple-backgrounds
title: "CSS Multiple Backgrounds"
category: "Frontend"
status: "draft"
verification_status: "conceptual"
canonical_id: ""
aliases: ["multiple backgrounds", "background-image list", "stacked backgrounds", "CSS3 backgrounds", "comma-separated backgrounds", "background shorthand"]
duplicate_of: ""
source_trust_level: "B"
confidence_score: 0.88
created_at: 2026-06-23
updated_at: 2026-06-23
review_reason: ""
merge_history: []
tags: ["css", "web", "frontend", "w3schools", "background", "background-image"]
raw_sources: ["https://www.w3schools.com/css/css3_backgrounds.asp"]
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---

# [[CSS Multiple Backgrounds]]

## 🎯 한 줄 통찰 (One-line insight)
CSS allows multiple background images on a single element via a comma-separated list on `background-image`, with the images stacked so the first one listed sits closest to the viewer. [S1]

## 🧠 핵심 개념 (Core concepts)
- **Multiple images** — CSS allows you to add multiple background images for an element through the `background-image` property. [S1]
- **Comma separation** — the different background images are separated by commas. [S1]
- **Stacking order** — the images are stacked on top of each other, where the first image is closest to the viewer. [S1]
- **Shorthand** — the `background` shorthand can declare each image's position and repeat behavior in a single property. [S1]

## 🧩 추출된 패턴 (Extracted patterns)
- **Parallel-list pattern** — `background-image`, `background-position`, and `background-repeat` each take a comma-separated list whose items correspond positionally to each image. [S1]
- **Shorthand-collapse pattern** — the same multi-image setup can be collapsed into one `background` declaration per image, comma-separated. [S1]

## 📖 세부 내용 (Details)
**CSS Multiple Backgrounds**
CSS allows you to add multiple background images for an element, through the `background-image` property. The different background images are separated by commas, and the images are stacked on top of each other, where the first image is closest to the viewer. [S1]

The tutorial demonstrates this with two images: a flower aligned to the bottom-right and a paper-like background at the top-left. [S1]

Example — using the individual background properties: [S1]
```css
#example1 {
  background-image: url(img_flwr.gif), url(paper.gif);
  background-position: right bottom, left top;
  background-repeat: no-repeat, repeat;
}
```

Example — using the `background` shorthand property: [S1]
```css
#example1 {
  background: url(img_flwr.gif) right bottom no-repeat, url(paper.gif) left top repeat;
}
```

Multiple background images can be specified using either the individual background properties (as above) or the `background` shorthand property. [S1]

**CSS Advanced Background Properties**

| Property | Description |
|----------|-------------|
| `background` | A shorthand property for setting all the background properties in one declaration |
| `background-clip` | Specifies the painting area of the background |
| `background-image` | Specifies one or more background images for an element |
| `background-origin` | Specifies where the background image(s) is/are positioned |
| `background-size` | Specifies the size of the background image(s) |

[S1]

## ⚖️ 비교 및 선택 기준 (Comparison & decision criteria)
The same multi-image background can be written two ways: [S1]
- **Individual properties** (`background-image` + `background-position` + `background-repeat` lists) — more explicit and readable when each image needs distinct position/repeat values that you want to scan separately.
- **`background` shorthand** — more compact, grouping each image's URL, position, and repeat into one comma-separated entry.
Both produce the same result; the choice is about verbosity vs. compactness. [S1]

## 🛠️ 적용 사례 (Applied in summary)
The page's `#example1` (flower bottom-right over a repeating paper background, shown via both the longhand and shorthand forms) is the applied case. No external project/commit applications found in the source.

## 💻 코드 패턴 (Code patterns)
Two stacked backgrounds via individual properties (language: CSS):
```css
selector {
  background-image: url(img_flwr.gif), url(paper.gif);
  background-position: right bottom, left top;
  background-repeat: no-repeat, repeat;
}
```
Same result via shorthand:
```css
selector {
  background: url(img_flwr.gif) right bottom no-repeat, url(paper.gif) left top repeat;
}
```

## ⚖️ 모순 및 업데이트 (Contradictions & updates)
No contradictions found in the source.

## ✅ 검증 상태 및 신뢰도
- **상태:** draft
- **검증 단계:** conceptual (실제 적용 사례 발견 시 applied/validated로 승격 가능)
- **출처 신뢰도:** B (W3Schools — widely used educational reference, not a primary standards body)
- **신뢰 점수:** 0.88
- **중복 검사 결과:** 신규 생성 (New discovery)

## 🔗 지식 그래프 (Knowledge Graph)
- **상위/루트:** [[CSS Tutorial]]
- **관련 개념:** [[CSS Background Size]], [[CSS Background Origin]], [[CSS Background Clip]]
- **참조 맥락:** Referenced when layering textures, overlays, or decorative images behind content in a single element.

## 📚 출처 (Sources)
- [S1] W3Schools — CSS Multiple Backgrounds — https://www.w3schools.com/css/css3_backgrounds.asp

## 📝 변경 이력 (Change history)
- 2026-06-23: Initial draft synthesized from the W3Schools "CSS Multiple Backgrounds" page (Astra wiki-curation, P-Reinforce v3.1 format).
