How to Change the Background Color | InDesign Tutorial

In this InDesign tutorial, learn how to change the background color. I show you how to change the background color so that it prints, and how to change the paper color to preview if you printed on colored paper. I also talk about bleed and why it's important to have so that your background color prints edge to edge in Indesign.
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[@pixelandbracket]

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[@gingerwoodland3698]

bruh - you taught me more in 6 minutes than my professor has in 8 weeks

[@daudaziz4756]

Same here dude...😂✨

[@SignedBlake]

This was perfect! Quick, simple and to the point. Thank you 😊

[@brucekolinski8824]

You are a good instructor, Sir. Clear, concise and complete. Thank you so much.

[@otterinthesea4989]

you're an angel, thank you, literally prayed for help and this came along!!!

[@nobodyknows3260]

Using Indesign maybe once in 3 months. Rewatching this video because I forgot how to do this. :D

[@SandaleMj777]

Thank you for saving my school project. Same as previous comments, you taught me more in this video than in my 8 previous weeks of course.

[@relax-relate-release]

Thank you. This was helpful!

[@samanvithasubramanyansivak4423]

Thank you! Excellent Tutorial!

[@kathy2248]

This was very simple and helpful!! Thank you

[@sepidehyazdi5358]

Thanks for explaining the details! So useful

[@real-big-wave]

Perfect !! Thank you so much !!

[@ARTNETWORKTV]

Very good tutorial. You explain very well. Thanks!

[@damiojetunji]

Thank you, so helpful and straight to the point!

[@nezahualcoyotl9973]

Damn dude you speak absolutely simple things I didn't know about. You made my day, one million likes to you!

[@hibabellizim1186]

great tutorial! thank you - keep them coming !! :)

[@user-vm4sc8ub3o]

Thank you! Simple and helpful

[@mohammadramzuanbolhassan5536]

you save my day man. thank you!

[@tonimullins1082]

Very helpful! Thank you!

[@natanaelarrejin5062]

Very clear, thanks!

[@AnthonyRayShane]

great tutorial! You're awesome looking and sounding too!

[@ruthallison3891]

Thank you so much! You did explain that very well.

[@charlesreed5506]

Perfect lesson! Thank you so kindly :)

[@drbrungus]

Sooo helpful! Thanks

[@flyingpower3]

Thank you so much! You're the best :) Just working on my final book for my diploma and it freaks me out! :D

[@rvpstudioscanada3991]

You're AWESOME! THANKS!

[@loomonda18]

great thank you for this! i love your channel

[@jakegatehouse6630]

fabulous tutorial. clear, concise, no bollocks. keep them up bro . thumbs up

[@markpadmore2750]

Thanks, I love it

[@ChannelofaMan]

Thank you for this

[@immline8632]

Thank you so much 💯

[@gardeniaw3301]

really helpful video, thank you

[@aramkrikorian9460]

Great post. Thanks.

[@LorindaHawkinsSmith]

Thank you!!! It was driving me crazy bit being able to export background color!!!

[@CoCoBliss4]

Perfect!!!!!! Thank youuuuuuu!!!!!🙏🏾👍🏾💖

[@mayabakke]

thank you!!

[@01379]

THANK YOU🎉

[@imogengould1859]

Brilliant! Thanks. Going to be printing binder onto black paper so I needed the bleed tutorial AND the 'preview transparent document' that will go onto my black paper in print.

[@splendorman7922]

well explained my man

[@bradygrabowski5520]

Thank you for this quick and insightful tutorial! I just took over marketing duties for a company and could not for the LIFE of me figure out how to remove a colored background from documents (hint: they were locked filled rectangles).

[@sweetheart73sb]

Thank you so much! :)

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thank you greetings from Paraguay!

[@camren9605]

I am so happy this was here, guess who can keep his A in his yearbook class😂

[@lorem-na3933]

Thank you so much

[@rajramnial5269]

thank you!

[@sirineajram5598]

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[@albertuy4551]

thanks!

[@TheCalciumboi]

awesome!

[@All4adream]

thanks a lot for your help! :) :*

[@Abdulkader-nx9cj]

Thank you

[@Paulineshank]

Thank you for this video! Do you know how to do this on all the pages of the document? So I don't have to do a rectangle on each pages individualy

[@mercurial382]

Very good demo! CAN THE PRINTER SEE THE COLOUR (of the second 'preview' version) ON THE PDF or will it appear white to him?

[@atelierlibelula8963]

Thanks!! I can do it now lol

[@ThePinkStarsGirl]

people like you are so important for young design students who start their degrees from home

[@pixelandbracket]

Thank you!

[@TheLaerke16]

Which font do you use for the headline ?

[@LetsDIYIt]

I followed your tutorial to a T to try and get my brochure to print with a color background. It will not print with color background or save as a PDF with the bleed area defined and checked off to print or export. Not sure what I am doing wrong here

[@samke1zn]

Hi. The first option hide page numbering. How can I achieve this. Thank you.

[@andreagafi1996]

hi, How do I color just one page and not the whole document? thankssss!!

[@royashekarabi]

Thank's

[@pixelandbracket]

Welcome!

[@shaytece2002]

very good video the only thing i need to know is i have a project to turn in and i have to have the background grey and the stuff to be on it white

[@blastatruestory]

Thanks. But if you have, for most cases, many pages. Do you add the rectangle rather to the master? ;)

[@pixelandbracket]

Yes! And then multiple masters if you have large sections with different backgrounds

[@TiffanyNT02]

A1 tutorial

[@anac.mezynski8451]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :0)

[@lordinfamous9303]

Wish other content on youtube was as "on point" as this! Thankyou!

[@pixelandbracket]

Whatever you need to know, I got you 👊

[@teresacastro407]

How can you unlock the background once you lock it?

[@alexg4313]

Grid is covered by colorful object, I need to see grid, thank you.

[@nathanyasm]

I've watched a few videos now and they all mention this same exact way. However, by creating a big rectangle and sending it to the back, certain features created on the Master Page such as the page numbering won't show... Any idea how to solve this issue?

[@pixelandbracket]

I show you exactly that on my InDesign channel! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJS1i61jYpJnapI

[@nonioldchannel7187]

Hi there, I follow this through however pngs on the page are also coloured even when i send to back :(

[@maryleeespinoza239]

I think you need to use jpeg to keep the background of a picture, assuming it is white. I intentionally use png when I do not need the white of an item's background. -hope this helps. :)

[@MRKITTYKAT20]

what about master pages

[@Mrowiec]

Yeah, but what if I want to have the whole publication - let's say 20 or more pgs - with such background? Do I have to paste the rectangle in every single one? Or is there a way to change the background color permanently for the whole document?

[@pixelandbracket]

Look up parent (master) pages

[@ejb.8413]

I have 20 pages in my document and I want every one of them to be a different colour (it will be printed). Any tips on how to change specific page colours as the first tutorial changes the colours of the entire document?

[@pixelandbracket]

How many different colors?

[@ejb.8413]

@@pixelandbracket I was thinking about 5 or 6? Some pages will just remain white as it's going to be a magazine.

[@pixelandbracket]

What you should do is make more Master pages (A, B, C, D, etc), apply colors to those, then right-click the pages you want to be certain colors and apply the appropriate Master page. You should be able to hold cmd/ctrl to select multiple pages at once to apply masters to them!

[@nancyz2837]

but it changes all pages, what if I want other pages maintain the color? pls help thank you

[@pixelandbracket]

Use the shape method. Or create multiple master pages and apply those to sections of pages

[@tiagovduarte]

I do what you do step by step and the arrange button ain't there at all. Idk what i am doing wrong

[@kobealegendforever1310]

Anyone else think it's weird that you have to drag a coloured square over your page to change the background colour? Why isn't there just an option to change the page colour?

[@reabo]

when i export to interactive pdf the paper colour doesnt work...

[@unclegreenvids7732]

Tutorial starts at 4:20

[@monkeypoothrower4]

what font is that? Title and writing

[@pixelandbracket]

I used to use one called Good Headline Pro, that might be it.

[@L0veepanicc]

the page number and whatever else on my master is stuck behind it though :(

[@pixelandbracket]

Here’s how to fix that if you need to: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6qok56vhcl1bs0

[@bboyorc]

i am using adobe indesign 2014 and it cannot do this lmfao.... there is no way to get add background colors? I have been trying for the last few hours I do this exact same thing and features are missing!

[@pixelandbracket]

Add blocks of color with shapes, that’s the main way to apply color to the background. You can do it in master pages and apply it to multiple or your whole document at once

[@bboyorc]

@@pixelandbracket i have been using (m) rectangle tool and then filling in the color and adding text but it still falls hidden behind the main background color and i want to show on top

[@pixelandbracket]

I have a tutorial on how to display master page elements on top, it involves the layers panel: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6qok56vhcl1bs0

[@realhackjunkie]

This method worked for one page, on the second page I cant arrange it.

[@pixelandbracket]

What are you trying to do?

[@az4149]

4:22

[@simplysurfing]

Hi,, sorry i dont mean to demean the content or the youtuber....but it needs a 6 minute tutorial to just set the BG color of a document in INDESIGN. Is that program really so complicated ?

[@pixelandbracket]

teaching can take longer than doing, especially when you don't know the exact intent of the searcher. I show 3 examples here that someone might mean. In reality, it takes 5 seconds or less to change the bg when you know what you're doing

[@gawlak55]

Save your time - 2:05 and 4:20

[@roosjasmijn8997]

I don't even have the option to arrange .... what the hell

[@iulianhodorog9979]

Total newb here: Why the fk does my working area show me TWO pages at a time, instead of one at a time? :( Going crazy with this program...

[@pixelandbracket]

That’s called a spread, very normal to work that way when creating books etc. to go to single pages, in your document setup, uncheck Facing Pages

[@iulianhodorog9979]

@@pixelandbracket I love you, man

[@pixelandbracket]

ily2

[@lelandandercheck6953]

Two minutes deep and he did not explain how to change the colour--it sounded like an introduction that belonged in a very different tutorial. Details on printing seem like they belonged at the back of the video once the meat was taken care of.

[@pixelandbracket]

Leland Andercheck sometimes you’ve got to eat your vegetables first

[@chk859]

Sadly this doesn't help me. I need a way to add a printable page colour in the background without losing my text wrapped around an image in front that will print. The above explanation is very very basic.

[@pixelandbracket]

Adding a shape like I showed and then somewhere in the properties of that shape you should be able to tell it to not have text wrap, I’ll try to look for this. It will then behave like a color underneath without messing with your design

[@niallbva]

too fast, couldn't get it to work.

[@wijsneusmedia7174]

Maybe you should change the title of the video. You start explaining how to change the background color at around 4 minutes. Creating a rectangle is not changing the background color haha.

[@pixelandbracket]

Both ways I explain are valid, if you’re trying to print the color then you need to add it with a shape (rectangle etc)

[@michaelcolello2735]

I fucking hate working with indesign. There, I said it.

[@zonelesilightore3993]

6 minutes just to change the colour of a background

[@davidhenriksen5947]

this was a complete waste of time

[@pixelandbracket]

What were you looking for/trying to do?

[@davidhenriksen5947]

@@pixelandbracket background color change like this needs to be on the master, you guys just made a box.. make a new page, still white, add the box to the master and you would see the background of the whole document change.. this video is a waste of time cuz it missed more or less most of the essential info needed to change background color.. video title should be "how to change color of a SINGLE page" or "how to make a colored rectangle in 6:25 min

[@munasmirnov5662]

you talk a loooooooooooooooooot i really dont have the time! just get to the chase dude

[@mirte8816]

Dude... a 6 minute video to explain 3 clicks... really?

[@pixelandbracket]

I make tutorials for beginners so I give a little more value than that. Any experienced user would scrub the video to the point they see the background color change and get what they need in a few seconds. I recommend that on the next tutorial you watch 👋

[@vogueflower7384]

Very helpful, thank you!