Backgrounds can be "textured" by using a picture of stone, burlap, parchment and the like. Guard against using things like flowers and other things that are visually "busy" because when text is put on top it becomes difficult to read. But if text is displayed in a solid color box the background around the box(es) can be anything you like.

Backgrounds can be "textured" by using a picture of stone, burlap, parchment and the like. Guard against using things like flowers and other things that are visually "busy" because when text is put on top it becomes difficult to read. But if text is displayed in a solid color box the background around the box(es) can be anything you like.

Backgrounds can be "textured" by using a picture of stone, burlap, parchment and the like. Guard against using things like flowers and other things that are visually "busy" because when text is put on top it becomes difficult to read, as you can see in the two examples above. But if text is displayed in a solid color box like this one, the background around the box(es) can be anything you like.