Changing background colour with hex code?

Question

Hi, i want to change the background colour of my documents. So far i can only find 1 way of doing it by going file > document setup then chaning the colour under transparency. I have two problems with this though. First, it seems to only change the colour in illustrator and not the actual image when saved/printed etc. And secondly i need to change the colour to a specific hex colour and i'm at a loss of how to do this.
I have done a little searching on this but so far i seem to be failing at finding the answer. Anyone help?

Answer 1

E'ss,
First, it seems to only change the colour in illustrator and not the actual image when saved/printed etc.
That is because it is only something like a simulation of coloured paper, so you can see what it looks like when printed on such paper. In other words, it is not part of the artwork and therefore not transferred.
And secondly i need to change the colour to a specific hex colour and i'm at a loss of how to do this.
When you set the colour, one option is RGB which is an equivalent to the hex colour. To find the right RGB combination without having to remember/calculate it, you may do as follows:
1) Create a rectangle (or whatever);
2) In the Color palette/panel flyout choose Web Safe RGB and insert the desired hex colour (the first two characters as R, the next two as G, and the last two as B);
3) Switch to (normal) RGB and read the values to use.