dijit.form.select backgroundcolor cannot be set

[gerhard presser]

when using the tundra-theme, I'm not able to set the background-color

<select data-dojo-type="dijit.form.Select" style="background-color:red">...</select>

occurs in 1.7.4 and 1.8.1

[Douglas Hays]

The theme defines it's own colors that override the style on the widget's DOM node.
You can specify:

.tundra .dijitSelect * {
        background-color: red;
}

[gerhard presser]

Yeah, but specifying a element style should overrule the theme styles