Background colors

From: Eric A. Meyer <emeyer@sr71.lit.cwru.edu> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 17:46:06 -0500 Message-Id: <v03102806b0f5643298f8@[129.22.138.152]> To: www-style@w3.org · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.2.0+W3C-0.50 : Monday, 27 April 2009 13:53:54 GMT

   I thought I'd toss this one at the list and see what came back.  Note
that the Big Two browsers disagree concerning the answer to the following
question.  I can understand the rationale behind both answers.  Thus I
bring it before you.
   Say I have the following markup, assuming no other styles in the document:

     <BODY style="background-color: silver;">
     <P style="background-color: red;">
     This paragraph has a
     <SPAN style="background-color: transparent;">red</SPAN> background.
     </P>
     </BODY>

   What is the background color of the word "red?"

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