newbie question about css and layout

[rogue]

hi
i'm new to css and all that, i normally do all my work on Frontpage! :)

what i would like to know is how i can tell what controls what colour scheme on the css template? what i am trying to do is have a slighly off white background just on the acutal table and a slightly darker border of 1px.
how would i do this?
thanks

[aspidov]

.table {
background-color:#FFFFFF;
border: 1px solid #CCCCCC;
}

but this in css and point your table to a class "table"

[rogue]

thank you :)