 <p><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/colors.html#propdef-color" rel="nofollow">Because the default color value is <code>inherit</code>.</a></p> <p><a href="http://jsfiddle.net/N5qFu/87/" rel="nofollow">http://jsfiddle.net/N5qFu/87/</a></p>