How do you specify table padding in CSS? ( table, not cell padding )

Question

I have a table with a colored background and I need to specify the padding between the table and it\'s content, I.E. cells.
The table tag doesn\'t seem to accept a paddi

Answer 1

You can't... Maybe if you posted a picture of the desired effect there's another way to achieve it.

For example, you can wrap the entire table in a DIV and set the padding to the div.