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+OpenLayers.Util
+
+Utility class. Stores a bunch of methods and settings that don't fit anywhere else.
+
+* Options
+
+ OpenLayers.Util.onImageLoadErrorColor -- A string to set img.style.backgroundColor to if the onerror event fires for the image (useful for 500 errors from WMS, for example).