This is a simple one, and it works well in both IE and NS6+ (degrades gracefully in older browsers).

INSTRUCTIONS: ============= This is a simple one, and it works well in both IE and NS6+ (degrades gracefully in older browsers). Just place the style script below in the head of your page. Change the image to your own, and set the text color with the color attribute. Here's the style script, just as we have it in this page: <style> textarea{ background-image:url(blue_saturn.jpg); color:ff0000; } </style>