<div class="demo-9-3">
  <div class="container">
    <div class="row">
      <section class="col-md-9">9</section>
      <div class="col-md-3">
          3
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>
<hr>

<div class="demo-2-10">
  <div class="container">
    <div class="row">
      <div class="col-md-2">2</div>
      <div class="col-md-10">10</div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>
<hr>

<div class="demo-4-8">
  <div class="container">
    <div class="row">
      <div class="col-md-4">4</div>
      <div class="col-md-8">8</div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>
<hr>

<div class="jumbotron rounded-0 mb-0 text-white">
    <div class="container">
        <h1 class=" font-weight-bold"><code>linear-gradient()</code> faux background colors</h1>
        <p class="lead w-75">How to create column background colors without the need for images or pseudo-elements.</p>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="torso typical-faux">
  <div class="container">
    <div class="row">
      <div class="col-md-8">
          <div class="main pr-md-4 py-3 py-md-5">
              <h2>I’m a main column</h2>
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                <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 mb-4">
                    <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/d0LeL9BUPtA" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
                </div>

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              </p>
          </div>
      </div>
      <div class="col-md-4">
        <div class="pl-md-4 px-3 px-md-0 py-3 py-md-5">
            <h3>I’m a sidebar</h3>
            <p>Ppraesent commodo cursus magna, vel scelerisque nisl consectetur et. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Cras justo odio, dapibus ac facilisis in, egestas eget quam. Nulla vitae elit libero, a pharetra augue.
            </p>
         </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>


$container: 1140px;
$gridColumns: 12;

.container {
    max-width: $container;
}

@mixin fauxColumns($cols, $colorTwo, $colorOne: transparent, $colSelector: 'col-', $rowSelector: 'row') {
    $colPercent: $cols / $gridColumns;
    $colWidth: $colPercent * $container;

       // set backgrounds on at small screen
    .#{$rowSelector} > [class^='#{$colSelector}']:nth-child(1) {
        background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, $colorOne, $colorOne);
    }
    
    .#{$rowSelector} > [class^='#{$colSelector}']:nth-child(2) {
        background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, $colorTwo, $colorTwo);
    }

    @media (min-width: 768px) {
        .#{$rowSelector} > [class^="#{$colSelector}"]:nth-child(n) {
            background-image: none;
        }
        background-image: linear-gradient(to right, $colorOne percentage($colPercent), $colorTwo 1%);
    }

    @media (min-width: 1140px) {
        background-image: linear-gradient(to right, $colorOne calc((50% - (#{$container} / 2) + #{$colWidth})), $colorTwo 1%);
    }
}

.demo-9-3 {
    @include fauxColumns(9, #ff675b, #d3e6ea);
}

.demo-2-10 {
    @include fauxColumns(2, #d3e6ea, #ff675b);
}

.demo-4-8 {
    @include fauxColumns(4, #d3e6ea, #ff675b);
}

.typical-faux {
    @include fauxColumns(8, #f2efed);
}

//// Demo
@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Hind:wght@300;400;500;600;700&display=swap");

body {
    font-family: Hind, sans-serif;
    font-weight: 300;
}

[class^="demo"] [class^="col"] {
    align-items: center;
    box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px #252d2f;
    display: flex;
    height: 50px;
}

.jumbotron {
    background-color: #252d2f;
}
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External CSS

  1. https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/4.4.1/css/bootstrap.min.css

External JavaScript

  1. https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js
  2. https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.12.3/umd/popper.min.js
  3. https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/4.0.0-beta/js/bootstrap.min.js