How do I add a background color to my BIMI SVG logo?
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What email marketers say8Marketer opinions
Email marketer from Reddit warns that if your BIMI logo requires a specific background color for visibility (especially in dark mode), ensure your SVG contains the necessary shape elements to define that background. A transparent background might not be suitable.
Email marketer from Litmus emphasises the importance of the SVG being well-formed and validated. Background colors must be explicitly defined within the SVG, and it should render correctly across various email clients and dark mode environments.
Email marketer from FreeCodeCamp explains that you can create a rectangle, circle, ellipse, line, polyline, polygon, or path. These shapes can be used to create complex designs, and you can use fill attribute to add colour to it
Email marketer from Stack Overflow suggests using inline CSS within the SVG. Example `<svg><rect width="100%" height="100%" fill="red" /></svg>` to set a background. This will place a rectangle element behind your other elements.
Email marketer from CSS-Tricks explains that a common method is to prepend a rectangle that serves as the background. The rectangle should have `width="100%"` and `height="100%"` and a `fill` attribute with the desired background color. It provides a detailed explanation of how to adjust background color through SVG.
Email marketer from DigitalOcean recommends ensuring that the SVG has a defined background element. If no background element is defined, you will not see the background. Use the fill attribute to define background color.
Email marketer from Quora suggests opening the SVG file in a text editor and adding a `rect` element as the first child of the `svg` element. This `rect` should cover the entire SVG area and have the desired background color specified using the `fill` attribute.
Email marketer from Email on Acid highlights that BIMI SVGs should be as small as possible. Adding unnecessary code can increase the file size, affecting rendering performance. Thus, a simple, well-optimized SVG with a background defined using `fill` is preferred.
What the experts say2Expert opinions
Expert from Email Geeks suggests using the `fill` attribute within the `<path>` element of the SVG code to set the background color. He provides an example: `<path d=... fill="#FFFFFF" />`.
Expert from Word to the Wise emphasizes that the BIMI logo should be visually clear and recognizable across different email clients and platforms, including those with dark mode. The SVG should include a background color if needed for proper visibility, not relying on transparency alone.
What the documentation says4Technical articles
Documentation from Inkscape explains that you can edit the fill and stroke of SVG objects using the Fill and Stroke dialog. You can select an object and then change its fill color, including setting it to a solid color for a background.
Documentation from BIMIGroup.org specifies that the BIMI logo must be a square SVG Tiny Portable/Secure (SVG Tiny PS) image. It does not directly specify how to add a background color, but implies it should be part of the SVG design itself.
Documentation from Mozilla explains that the SVG `<rect>` element is a basic SVG shape that draws rectangles, defined by their position, width, and height. The fill attribute is used to specify the colour of the `<rect>`.
Documentation from W3.org explains that the `fill` attribute in SVG specifies the color that fills the interior of the element. It can be applied to shapes like `<rect>`, `<circle>`, `<path>`, etc., to set their background color.