# IE 6 not showing h1 background color

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ie-6-not-showing-h1-background-color/210091>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [December 14, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ie-6-not-showing-h1-background-color/210091 "2006-12-14T21:40:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![fasterthanlight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecc23a/32.png) [@fasterthanlight](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fasterthanlight)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ie-6-not-showing-h1-background-color/210091/1 "2006-12-14T21:40:51Z")

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Hey, so, yea, ie6 doesnt like giving h1’s background colors, i absolutely need to do it this way for this new project i’m workin on

```auto

#sidebar h1
{
    font-size: 12px;
    color: #ffffff;
    background-color: #333333;
    padding: 7px 0px 5px 20px;
    margin: 0px;
}

```

Any thoughts or emotions?