3.15. Fill with BG Colour
| 3. The “Edit” Menu |

### 3.15. Fill with BG Colour

The Fill with BG Colour command fills the active layer selection with the solid colour shown in the Background part of the Colour Area of the Toolbox. (The colour is also shown to the left of the menu entry.) If some areas of the image are only partially selected (for example, as a result of feathering the selection), they are filled in proportion to how much they are selected.

| Note
Please note that if the image has no selection, the whole active layer is filled.

#### 3.15.1. Activate the Command

- You can access this command from the image menubar through Edit → Fill with BG Colour,

- or by using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+..

| Note
You can also fill a selection by click-and-dragging from the Toolbox background colour.

3.14. Fill with FG Colour |  | 3.16. Fill with Pattern

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