This page seems to break down the details: http://www.mandarindesign.com/opacity.html Will On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 8:33 AM, Tris <beertastic at gmail.com> wrote: > how can I produce a 50% opacicty background color of black.. > but still have pure white text on top.. > it keeps making the text as opac as the background..? > > i've got two divs.. > one for the backgroud and an imbedded div for the text... :-(