[tjolley2000]

AWESOME!!! Thanks Lynne, your the bomb!

for any other newbie like me... (or for when I forget in a few weeks) that may have this questions... and how to follow up on this.
1. the "color: purple" as lynne suggested above can also use the color codes used in style vars such as "#CC9900 " - for an orange-ish yellow gold color, or what ever code you are using will work for you.

2. to access / edit the css_addtional.css templat: go to
AdminCP>Styles&Templates>StyleManager>find the template you want to edit (in my case default), click on the dropdown box in the same row as the template name > Under TEMPLATE OPTIONS click on Edit Templates.
You will find a list of option in a table on the left of the screen, double click CSS Templates, then double click on css_additional.css , now you can add and modify the above script.