/* Source: http://test.csswg.org/suites/css2.1/20110323/html4/table-backgrounds-bs-column-001.htm */ html, body { margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0; font-size: 16px; } body { padding: 15px; } table { margin: 0 3px 2px 4px; /* zero top to work around collapsing bug */ border: transparent solid; border-width: 4px 2px 7px 3px; padding: 3px 7px 8px 6px; border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 2px 3px; } td { border: transparent solid; border-width: 2px 1px 4px 3px; padding: 1px 2px 4px 3px; empty-cells: show; } div { height: 10px; width: 50px; } table.color col.t { background-color: aqua; } table.imagetl col.t, table.imagebr col.t { background-image: url(support/repeatable-diagonal-gradient-with-ticks.png); } table.imagetl col.t { background-position: top left; /* default */ } table.imagebr col.t { background-position: bottom right; /* default */ }