17.3.1.31 shd

This element specifies the shading applied to the contents of the paragraph.

This shading consists of three components:

• Background Color
• (optional) Pattern
• (optional) Pattern Color

The resulting shading is applied by setting the background color behind the paragraph, then applying the pattern color using the mask supplied by the pattern over that background.

If this element is omitted on a given paragraph, its value is determined by the setting previously set at any level of the style hierarchy (i.e. that previous setting remains unchanged). If this setting is never specified in the style hierarchy, then no paragraph shading shall be applied.

[Example: Consider a paragraph which must have a background consisting of a theme color accent3 with a theme color accent6 overlaid using a 20% fill pattern. This requirement is specified using the following WordprocessingML:

<w:pPr>
  <w:shd w:val="pct20" w:themeColor="accent6" w:themeFill="accent3" />
</w:pPr>

The resulting paragraph uses the background color accent3 under the foreground pattern color accent6 as specified by the pct20 pattern mask. end example]

This element’s content model is defined by the common shading properties definition in 17.3.5.