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Gradients are background Images!

Explore how CSS gradients are treated as background images and discover techniques to combine them with other images. Learn to create layered backgrounds for improved design and readability through gradient overlays.

For the first few years I wrote CSS, I couldn’t wrap my head around how gradients really worked.

Also, why on earth does the property name say,background-image?

I had no idea.

Well, now I’ll save you the stress. Allow me explain it to you.

Gradients in CSS are images!

Like any other image type used with the backgroud-image property, gradients are just ...