color from class not being rendered in table

i have this css class
.tble1, .tble1 TD, .tble TH
{
font-family:verdana;
font-size:10pt;
color:orange;
}
and invoke it in  a table
<table cellspacing="1" cellpadding="15" class="tble1">

i get the font style and size ok in the td's, but color is always white

it needs to be done differently?
bob