Update: The new Blogger Template Designer has made this task very easy.
Sign into Dashboard (blogger.com) > Design > Template Designer > Background
and change whatever you fancy there easily.
Sign into Dashboard (blogger.com) > Design > Template Designer > Background
and change whatever you fancy there easily.
This blog uses Ramani's 3 column Minima template and the background color of the blog is white. To change the blog background, go to LAYOUT, click Edit HTML, look for the outer-wrapper portion of the stylesheet of the template. Add the line
background: chosen color;
For example, in an extract of the template below, a line (in red) has been added:
background: green;
/* Outer-Wrapper
------------------------------------------------ */
#outer-wrapper {
width: 750px;
margin:0 auto;
padding:10px;
text-align:left;
font: $bodyfont;
background: green;
}