# Is it possible to change the opacity on a background image?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-possible-to-change-the-opacity-on-a-background-image/35941>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [November 19, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-possible-to-change-the-opacity-on-a-background-image/35941 "2003-11-19T21:20:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kibagami\_Jubei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e495f1/32.png) [@Kibagami\_Jubei](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Kibagami_Jubei)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-possible-to-change-the-opacity-on-a-background-image/35941/1 "2003-11-19T21:20:39Z")

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I know how to lower the opacity on images but what I want to know is if you can do this for a background image.

Pretty much I have this background image I want to add, but I still want the background under the background image to be seen. Is this possible?