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Colored background

…it could be helpful to put a colored background behind some notes.

…unimi.it/LSR/Item?u=1&id=960 colorSpan = #(define-music-function (y-lower y-upper color) (number? number? color?) … …ClusterSpanner.layer = #-1 \makeClusters { c'2 g' c' } } >> \colorSpan #-2 #2 #(rgb-color 0.5 1.0 0.5) r4\startGroup r \stopGroup \colorSpan #-2 #0 #red r\startGroup s s r\…

Background color

Although LilyPond does not allow to specify a background color, it is possible to give the illusion of a colored background by printing a large colored box under the …

Colored background for markup text

The \whiteout command puts a white background behind a given markup text. This snippet shows … …this with any color. White text on black background can simply be created by \with-color #white \on-color …

White text on black background

…want to print some white text on black background, here's the trick:

…sorts it’s often preferable to leave the background dark or black and show the content in … …applied to all printed objects and to the background of the page, respectively. Any objects whose color …

…antiquewhite" \color-sample "navajowhite" } \vspace #.3 \line { The background color may also be adjusted through the paper …

…graphical object can be printed over a white background to mask parts of objects that lie beneath. … …control which objects are masked by the white background. In this example the collision of the tie …

…y-r-upper $frame-color $fill-color #0 #0 ##f ##f #}) colorSpan = #(define-music-function (y-lower y-upper fill-color) (number? number? scheme?) … …1 system-system-spacing.basic-distance = #18 } \markup \fill-line {\bold \huge "ColorSpan showcase"} \markup \vspace #1 \score { \relative c' { \override …

…how to print individual staves with a colored background.