Once the background-color is set on an element, subsequent 'background:inherit' rules (even those matching selectors of higher weight) can't cause the element to inherit the color from its parent.
Test page Workaround is not included
Reported by: Pierre Saslawsky.
Explorer 5-6 Windows, Explorer 7, Safari | Reported on 22 November 2005.
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1 Posted by Mark Rowe on 9 January 2007 | Permalink
This was fixed in WebKit in r18702. Any nightly builds newer than that revision will function correctly.