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\documentclass[]{exaarticle}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength\textwidth{352.81416pt}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{tikz}  \usetikzlibrary{backgrounds}
%StopShownPreambleCommands
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[show background rectangle]
  \draw (0,0) ellipse (10mm and 5mm);
\end{tikzpicture}
\begin{tikzpicture}[show background rectangle,
  background rectangle/.style={draw=blue!50,fill=blue!20,rounded corners=1ex}]
  \filldraw[color=red!40] (0,0) ellipse (10mm and 5mm);
\end{tikzpicture}
\begin{tikzpicture}[show background grid]
  \draw (0,0) ellipse (10mm and 5mm);
\end{tikzpicture}
\begin{tikzpicture}[background rectangle={fill=blue!20},outer frame sep=1ex,
   show background top,show background bottom,show background left,
   show background right]
  \draw (0,0) ellipse (10mm and 5mm);
\end{tikzpicture}
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\tikzset{background rectangle/.style={fill=blue!20},
  background top/.style={draw=blue!50,line width=1ex}}
\begin{tikzpicture}[framed,show background top]
  \draw (0,0) ellipse (10mm and 5mm);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}