What is the difference between background-color and background?

Question

css

What is the difference between background-color and background?
background color: #ffffff;
background: #ffffff;
Both options work perfectly. What is the difference?

Answer 1

In background - you can describe all the parameters. And background-color is just one of those options.
background: [background-attachment || background color || background image || background-position || background-repeat] | inherit

Answer 2

background can be set as image or background color
background-color color only