# Background color wont appear **URL:** \ **Category:** web dev\ **Created:** [May 15, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/background-color-wont-appear/225779 "2007-05-15T16:13:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1

**Author:** ![DeringerColt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/45deac/32.png) [@DeringerColt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DeringerColt)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/background-color-wont-appear/225779/1 "2007-05-15T16:13:33Z")

Hi all, Im relatively new to CSS, but I have ran into a problem with my external style sheet, I have set a background color withing the style sheet, and when I call the div id tag for that part it does not appear in any web browser. Can someone help me please. Heres the CSS file ```auto html, body{ text-align: center; font-style:normal; font-size: 10pt; font-family: sans-serif; padding:5px; } * { margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none; } #container{ width:800px; margin: auto; text-align:left; } #banner{ width:800px; height:179px; } #margin{ height:8px; width:800px; background-color:black; } #navigation{ height:27px; width:800px; background-color:#D2D2D2; } ``` Heres the HTML file ```auto

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