# .mp4 not black enough

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mp4-not-black-enough/259491>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [May 6, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mp4-not-black-enough/259491 "2008-05-06T01:44:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Syous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Syous](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Syous)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mp4-not-black-enough/259491/1 "2008-05-06T01:44:44Z")

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So I have a video file, dream.mp4, it’s background is black. Jet black, #000000, 100% black. So I embed the video in my html file, which also has it’s background set to #000000, and when I test the page, the video’s background is a little faded and not jet black anymore, any ideas??