Can text be same color as page background?

Is black text black background but white table background ok?

[Webdetective]

Can both the text and the page background be black if the text is contained entirely within a table that has a white background?

This is not hidden text since it's black text against a black background to a human visitor, but the question is, are the search engines smart enough to see this? I want to set my page background to black but put all my text inside a table that has a white background, but I would hate to get into trouble for having hidden text because the search engine couldn't tell the difference.
Fred

[Span]

Fred, there are millions of pages that have a white body background and white text on a blue or green or black p or div or table background. Don't worry. And SEs don't read external stylesheets.

[tbear]

I'd say that was not a good idea..........

[Span]

Not a good idea, tbear?
A black page with a white table and black text in there? Nothing hidden - what's wrong with it?

[JAB Creations]

YES! You can!

body
{
background: #000;
}

h1
{
background: #000;
color: #fff;
}

It may or may not look good though and it would probally be obnoxios when you select all. However this may/may not apply to you depending on how you implement it.

The best thing is to always make sure your visitors are happy. :-D

[TheRookie]

It's perfectly fine.

Go to a site like AOL.com, and notice the white background. Then notice all the white text on different colored table backgrounds...not a problem whatsoever!

[Webdetective]

The css style for body background works well. I always use an external CSS style sheet for all my pages.

Since search engines cannot interpret CSS, I wouldn't be surprised if hidden text created in CSS is probably a common blackhat SEO technique.

[tbear]

Of course, you are correct, if using css. Didn't assume that from the first post ;)