In LaTeX, how can I set a background color of the paper such that it has left margin as gray and the center and right part of the paper has background white?
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There is a Page color package that may help as seen in this question Change background color– LeucippusCommented Jul 12, 2020 at 18:16
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A more complicated but powerful approach is to use tikz of tikzpagenodes and everypage.– John KormyloCommented Jul 12, 2020 at 19:17
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Very simple with eso-picif you use the relevant parameters:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[svgnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{eso-pic}
\AddToShipoutPictureBG{\color{Gainsboro!40!Lavender}\AtPageLowerLeft{\rule{\dimexpr 1in + \oddsidemargin-\marginparsep\relax}{\paperheight}}}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\title{Colouring Left Margin}
\author{Wassily Kandinsky}
\begin{document}
\marginpar{Some text}
\lipsum[1-4]
\marginpar{Some text}
\lipsum[5-8]
\end{document}
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That looks good. I would like to be able to write text also to margins. So my idea is to write a CV using \usepackage[absolute]{textpos} such that I can write my text to the gray background and to the white background.– guestCommented Jul 12, 2020 at 18:46
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I've just tested a simple
\marginparand it works fine (the colouring is only a background , and it can ve overwritten)I'm not sure you needtextpos: for the right margin, you have the command\reversemarginparif necessary, and anyway, eso-pic can take care of absolute positions. Take a look at the documentation for details.– BernardCommented Jul 12, 2020 at 18:59 -
I've updated my answer with two
\marginpars. Please see if the result corresponds to what you want.– BernardCommented Jul 12, 2020 at 19:08