outlook 2010 email background color html/css property does not work

Question

I have tried the below code for background color for header in email template. The code is working fine for other email clients, but in outlook 2010 it won't show up background color at all. I have tried adding and removing 'px' but it did not make any difference. What change do I need to make to it to support in outlook 2010?

<div style="background-color: #xxxxx;" width="600" height="70"> </div>

Answer 1

You can replace it with this code below and use bgcolor in table tag or td tag or add style to table tag and include background style.

I also added Screenshot showing its working in outlook 2010

<table width="600" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="red" style="background: red;">
  <tr>
    <td height="70" bgcolor="red"></td>
  </tr>
</table>