<div class="container">
  <p>The following image <img src="http://tympanus.net/codrops-playground/assets/images/cssref/properties/background-repeat/bg.png"> is used as a background image for the following boxes.</p> 
  <div class="el el-1">
    My background image is centered and then repeated vertically. The copies of the image at the edges are clipped off because they don't fit into my background positioning area by a whole number.
  </div>
  <div class="el el-2">
    My background image is repeated horizontally and vertically.
  </div>
  <div class="el el-3">
    My background image is set to <em>not</em> repeat. It is positioned at position <code>60% 70%</code> across my background using the <code>background-position</code> property.
  </div>
  <div class="el el-4">
    I have two background images. The first image is positioned at position <code>60% 70%</code> across my background using the <code>background-position</code> property. The second image is set to repeat horizontally, prevented from being clipped by using the <code>space</code> value, and it is set to not repeat vertically.<br/><br/> <strong style="text-decoration:underline">This example may not work in your browser.</strong>
  </div>
</div>
body {
  background-color: #F5F5F5;
  color: #555;
  font-size: 1.1em;
  font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
}

.container {
  margin: 40px auto;
  width: 90%;
}

.el {
  height: 350px;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
  padding: 20px;
}

.el-1 {
  background-color: #7fc379;
  color: white;
  background-position: center;
  background-repeat: repeat-y;
  background-image: url(http://tympanus.net/codrops-playground/assets/images/cssref/properties/background-repeat/bg.png);
}

.el-2 {
  background-color: #ef6e7e;
  color: white;
  background-position: center;
  background-repeat: repeat;
  /* equivalent to 'repeat repeat' */

  background-image: url(http://tympanus.net/codrops-playground/assets/images/cssref/properties/background-repeat/bg.png);
}

.el-3 {
  background-color: #5776b6;
  color: white;
  background-position: 60% 70%;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-image: url(http://tympanus.net/codrops-playground/assets/images/cssref/properties/background-repeat/bg.png);
}

.el-4 {
  background-color: #f39c12;
  color: white;
  background-position: 60% 70%, top left;
  background-repeat: no-repeat, space no-repeat;
  background-image: url(http://tympanus.net/codrops-playground/assets/images/cssref/properties/background-repeat/bg.png), url(http://tympanus.net/codrops-playground/assets/images/cssref/properties/background-repeat/bg-2.png);
}