It might be some kind of prevention of bad cascading (eg. user or browser default stylesheet) that may render the text unreadable. AFAIK it's some rule in WCAG - if you set foreground color, set also the background color. -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL-REMOVED]] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/