Marc, > Shouldn't this be > color: #000000; and > border-color: #FF9900; respectively? > > Can't recall exact circumstances, but I think I've seen > certain instances > where omitting the # sign caused browsers to choke. You are correct. The hash or pound sign (#) must precede hex color values according to the CSS 2 recommendation [1]. IE 6 in standards-compliance mode, for instance, will ignore hex color values that lack the hash sign [2]. James Aylard 1. http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/syndata.html#value-def-color 2. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnie60/html/cssenhancements.asp? frame=true#cssenhancements_topic7