title: How do I make the background of a tkinter label transparent so only the text is seen?
body: <p>I'm creating a countdown application for an event and I've managed to get everything up and running except for the labels. I can't make their background's transparent so that only the text is shown. Is there a way for me to do this?</p>
  
  <pre><code>import datetime
  import tkinter as tk
  
  
  def round_time(dt, round_to):
      seconds = (dt - dt.min).seconds
      rounding = (seconds + round_to / 2) // round_to * round_to
      return dt + datetime.timedelta(0, rounding - seconds, -dt.microsecond)
  
  
  def ct(label):
      def count():
          now = round_time(datetime.datetime.now(), round_to=1)
          eh = datetime.datetime(2019, 3, 31, 20, 30)
          tte = eh - now
          label.config(text=str(tte))
          label.after(50, count)
  
      count()
  
  
  root = tk.Tk()
  root.title("Earth Hour Countdown!")
  now = round_time(datetime.datetime.now(), round_to=1)
  eh = datetime.datetime(2019, 3, 31, 20, 30)
  tte = eh - now
  frame = tk.Frame(root, bg="#486068")
  frame.place(relwidth=1, relheight=1)
  
  canvas = tk.Canvas(root, height=200, width=500)
  canvas.place(relwidth=1, relheight=1)
  
  bg_img = tk.PhotoImage(file="C:/Users/bmg/Desktop/eh1.gif")
  bg_label = tk.Label(canvas, image=bg_img)
  bg_label.place(relwidth=1, relheight=1)
  
  label_msg = tk.Label(root, text="Earth Hour Countdown:", font="MSGothic 50 bold", bg="black", fg="#652828", bd=1)
  label_msg.place(relx=0.035, rely=0.1)
  
  label_cd = tk.Label(root, text=str(tte), font="MSGothic 50 bold", bg="black", fg="#652828", bd=1)
  label_cd.place(relx=0.590, rely=0.1)
  
  ehtime_label = tk.Label(root, text=("Earth Hour:" + eh.strftime("%d-%m-%Y %H:%M:%S")), font="MSGothic 50 bold", bg="black", fg="#652828", bd=1)
  ehtime_label.place(relx=0.13, rely=0.3)
  
  ct(label_cd)
  
  root.mainloop()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Example of Label Output: <a href="https://imgur.com/97DkJBa" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://imgur.com/97DkJBa</a></p>