CSS: Span not applying text-color attribute

[Noozer]

Why doesn't my text color apply for a SPAN element? I get the body
text-color instead.

In my style sheet:
SPAN.selection { text-color: #FFFFFF; background: #005bb7; padding: 2px; }

In my HTML code:
<span class="selection">Selected</span>

Thx!

 

[Spartanicus]

Why doesn't my text color apply for a SPAN element? I get the body
text-color instead.

text-color

No such thing, use "color".

 

[Noozer]

No such thing, use "color".

Thanks! Having a bad day here and my cold medication is not helping. : (