In paged media, one should - so it seems - be able to use the background properties on 'pages'. https://drafts.csswg.org/css-page-3/#painting We also see this implemented with princexml and https://gitlab.pagedmedia.org/tools/pagedjs This example code should paint the entire background - so including the marginal area and bleed - red: @page { background-color: red; }