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When compiling the MWE below with PDFLatex the linear-gradient color background appears, however when compiled in XeLatex the background is white.

  • (NB: using [fill] produces the salmon color background)
  • The linear-gradient is produced with tikz with \path (\node` also experiences the effect).
  • The tex file has previously compiled in XeLatex correctly, so perhaps my local configuration is incorrect (it is a recent reinstall of MikTex and TexStudio) or perhaps a tikz issue.
  • The compilation is via TeXstudio's built-in commands. MiKTeX Console has updated to the latest packages.
pdflatex --version MiKTeX-pdfTeX 4.16 (MiKTeX 23.10)
xelatex --version MiKTeX-XeTeX 4.10 (MiKTeX 23.10)
TeXstudio TeXstudio 4.0.2 (git 4.0.2)
Compiled with xelatex Compiled with pdflatex
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MWE:

\documentclass[a4paper]{article} \usepackage[left=0.9cm, right=0.9cm, vmargin=0.75cm]{geometry} \usepackage{tikz} \definecolor{backgroundcolor}{HTML}{00264B} % -- Background color: \usepackage{background} \backgroundsetup{ scale=1, opacity=1, angle=0, contents={\begin{tikzpicture}[overlay] \path [fill, top color = backgroundcolor, middle color = backgroundcolor, bottom color = backgroundcolor!50] (-10.5,9.9) rectangle (10.5,15) {}; \end{tikzpicture}} } \begin{document} \section{Section head} xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx \end{document}

Some related Xelatex tikz color issues:

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  • your document errors. Commented Oct 9, 2023 at 18:03
  • Thanks @UlrikeFischer - I've removed the \node line and cropped the thumbnails (the outcome remains as reported). Commented Oct 9, 2023 at 18:13

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It will work if there is second page. If you have only one page you can force the creation of the shading object by storing it once in a box:

\documentclass[a4paper]{article} \usepackage[left=0.9cm, right=0.9cm, vmargin=0.75cm]{geometry} \usepackage{tikz} \definecolor{backgroundcolor}{HTML}{00264B} % -- Background color: \usepackage{background} \backgroundsetup{ scale=1, opacity=1, angle=0, contents={\begin{tikzpicture}[overlay] \path [fill, top color = backgroundcolor, middle color = backgroundcolor, bottom color = backgroundcolor!50] (-10.5,9.9) rectangle (10.5,15) {}; \end{tikzpicture}} } \begin{document} \section{Section head} xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx \setbox0\hbox{\begin{tikzpicture} \path [fill, top color = backgroundcolor, middle color = backgroundcolor, bottom color = backgroundcolor!50] (-10.5,9.9) rectangle (10.5,15) {}; \end{tikzpicture}} \end{document}
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As a workaround, it is possible to overlay an image file with its own linear-gradient (0% alpha to 35% alpha-white). E.g. the header's linear-gradient becomes:

\path [fill=backgroundcolor] (-10.5,9.9) rectangle (10.5,15); # fixed color \node [inner sep=0pt] (russell) at (-8.7,13.5) {\includegraphics{linear_gradient.pdf}}; # gradient overlay
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