I am having some difficulty on this example

on page 528 I set the BackColor property to purple


<uc1:NavBar id="MyNavBar" backcolor="purple" runat="server"></uc1:NavBar>

When I view it in the browser it still comes out red. How could I get this to work. I can't seem to figure this out. Below is the code that page 527 and the top of page 528.

Thanks






    Protected _BackColor As Color = ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#cc0033")

    Public Property BackColor() As String
        Get
            Return ColorTranslator.ToHtml(_BackColor)
        End Get
        Set(ByVal Value As String)
            _BackColor = ColorTranslator.FromHtml(Value)
        End Set
    End Property