[texhax] White text on black background?

[Peter Seibel]

Is there some simple way to set text in white on a black background?
I'm thinking of a small section, not a whole page. Something similar
to what you'd get with this bit of HTML:

  <span style="background: black; color: white">123</span>

As usual, my Googling and following various leads through the TeXBook
hasn't turned up anything but I could easily be missing something
obvious.

-Peter

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