It's probably a "pilot error" on my part, but I can't seem to get the background colors to display. I have set the color, but when I preview the page, it's still white. Does the preview not show the color of the background?
I think I figured it out... when using a masterpage, the background colors have to be on that masterpage and not on the individual pages... not sure that's the way it's supposed to work, but it works now... thanks konicky for your help...