Issue with background color and Google Chrome

Question

Sometimes I get a broken background in Chrome. I do not get this error with any other browser.

This is the simple CSS line responsible for the background color of b

Answer 1

Adam's chromeFix solution with Paul Alexander's pure-CSS modification solved the problem in Chrome, but not in Safari. A couple additional tweaks solved the problem in Safari, too: width: 100% and z-index:-1 (or some other appropriate negative value that puts this element behind all the other elements on the page).

The CSS:

body:after {display:block; position:absolute; width:100%; height:100%; top:0px; left:0px; z-index:-1; content: "";}