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p.s. I am using the Twenty Eleven child theme.

I should also add that the color code goes in place of the word transparent (for anyone interested). Thanks for your help

I wound up finding another forum with information on this. Apparently someone else was having the same problem. This is what did it…
/*******************For Twenty Eleven Nav menu Background color *****************************/
#access {
background: none repeat scroll 0 50% transparent;
clear: both;
display: block;
float: left;
margin: 0 auto 6px;
width: 100%;
}

I was trying a green color…but really any color to see if I can get it to work. Cleared cache…still not changed. I dont want black at all.

No, didn’t work.

Ok, I am confused now. I took code from Twenty Eleven and copied it to my child theme. I changed one line and that was it.

Thanks, tried that. Still no luck. I will have to spend some time playing with it later. It is frustrating me now ?? Thanks again.

This is how I have my code and this is the only code in my css sheet in my child theme.

/*
Theme Name: Twentyeleven child
Theme URI: https://exploringhappy.com/
Description: Child Theme for the Twentyeleven Theme
Author: Shannon
Author URI: https://exploringhappy.com/about-author/
Template: twentyeleven
Version: 1.0.0
*/
/* Menu Background */
#access {
background: #222; /* Show a solid color for older browsers */
background: -moz-linear-gradient(#252525, #0a0a0a);
background: -o-linear-gradient(#252525, #0a0a0a);
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(#252525), to(#0a0a0a)); /* older webkit syntax */
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(#252525, #0a0a0a);
-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4) 0px 1px 2px;
-moz-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4) 0px 1px 2px;
box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4) 0px 1px 2px;
clear: both;
display: block;
float: left;
margin: 0 auto 6px;
width: 100%;
}

/* =Import Responsive Theme Styles
————————————————————– */
@import url(‘../twentyeleven/style.css’);

Tried that. The color isn’t changing. Thanks anyway.