how get setColumnColor to work with a custom skin?

I am able to successfully use setColumnColor as follows:
myGrid.setColumnColor("#C0C0C0,white,white,white,white,white,white,#FF9933,#C0C0C0,#C0C0C0");

And by also including the following line:

myGrid.setSkin(“speciala”);

I am able to successfully use a custom skin as follows:
div.gridbox_speciala {
border:1px solid #004000;
}
div.gridbox_speciala table.hdr td {
background-color:#004000;
color:white;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
font-weight:bold;
}
div.gridbox_speciala table.obj td{
background-color:white;
color:black;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
font-size:60%;
}
div.gridbox_speciala table.row20px tr td{
height:16px;
}

However, when I use both the custom skin and use setColumnColor, the custom skin still works but the setColumnColor does not work.

What am I missing? Thanks.

Please, try to remove

 background-color:white;

from

div.gridbox_speciala table.obj td

as css class priority is higher then style.

div.gridbox_speciala table.obj td{ /*background-color:white;*/ color:black; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:60%; }