How to set background color in html frame?

Question

I have an outdated website using frames. The framed pages do not use white background and therefore I get an annoying “white flash” while the pages are in frame transition. I think this can be eliminated by changing the background color <frame>, but no matter what is entered, Internet Explorer will NOT see anything but white. Firefox seems to accept a background color, but not so with IE.

NOTE: please do not flame me to use frames - I know; hell, I think I even preached this time or too ... lol ...

Answer 1

I found this rather obscure piece of information;

**AllowTransparency**. . RightBackground . (#ffffff), .

: http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/html/tagpages/f/frame.htm

<frame  allowTransparency="true" class="RightBackground" src="BottomRight.asp" marginheight="0" marginwidth="10px" name="BottomRight" />

FYI, RightBackground :

 <style type="text/css">
  .RightBackground
  {
     background-color: #EAF4D9;
  }
 </style>