this text is colored!

this text has a background color

this text has a background image!

this text has a non-repeating background image.

this text is supposed to have a repeating background image

So, when the above CSS rule is applied to a paragraph such as this one, the background image is positioned at the right and bottom of the "box" that defines this paragraph. (The first word refers to horizontal position, and the second word refers to vertical position.) The image then tiles down and to the right normally.