How to create a gradient background color in Canva?
In this tutorial I want to show you how you can set up a gradient background for your designs in Canva. It’s very easy to do in just a few seconds.
Canva is a great program for web designers and content creators because you can easily make beautiful designs with it.
Watch tutorial on YouTube
Open Canva
If you have used Canva before then you will know that if you click on the canvas, then you can see this option over here background color.
It is set as a solid color by default.
I will show you how you can set this to a gradient background very easily.
And if you click on it then you can set the background color for the canvas. But as you have noticed it’s only one solid color so.
So, if I want to have a gradient background for my design then how can I do that?
Go to the Canva elements option and select @contributordanny
To do that you need to go to the Elements option over here and click on it.
Now you need to search for this search term @contributordanny
If you just type this in the search bar you will automatically see these options appear.
You can just click on the first one, and adjust the size so it matches the whole canvas.
Change gradient background in Canva with @contributordanny element
Now if you click on the element then you can see the two basic colors over here. Now it’s set to blue and purple.
But you can also change the colors to something else like red and black for example.
And now you can see you have a red and black gradient background in Canva.
Of course you can select any two colors that you want to. So, you can make combination that you like.
In the video tutorial I will explain everything in more detail, and you can watch it on YouTube over here.
Make sure to check out my other Canva tutorials listed below:
- Remove background from image with Canva
- Glowing border image glow effect with Canva
- Text outline color glow effect with Canva
- How to create a favicon & logo + find HQ images with Canva
- Upload custom fonts to Canva
I hope this tutorial is helpful. It that’s the case make sure to subscribe to the channel and drop a like and comment. Thanks, and I hope to see you back in the next tutorial!