why wont background-color work in html 5 using the
tag?

Question

here is my html for some reason the header tag isnt accepting the background color for black.. ```

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Accepted Answer

have you tried

```
 background-color:black;
```

well it could be it's not supported still

this worked for me

```
   header {
        background-color:black;
    display:block;
    overflow:hidden;
    }
```

for thoose browsers that do support it i guess why nothing wasn't displayed at first glance it's because the default behaviour isn't using it as a regular element rather then making the page more seo friendly

why wont background-color work in html 5 using the <header> tag?

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