text entry color problem....

[vyadav cdotd ernet in]

  hi...

    i want to change the white background of text entry,
    if i change the background color of it then only outline of this
widget becomes colored...if i change foreground color of it then only text 
in this gets colored...so how the white background can be changed??
  please help if anybody has tried it...
   i have written the code like it...

    gdk_color_parse ("yellow", &color);
    rc_style = gtk_rc_style_new ();
    rc_style->bg[GTK_STATE_NORMAL] = color;
    rc_style->fg[GTK_STATE_NORMAL]=color;
    rc_style->color_flags[GTK_STATE_NORMAL] |= GTK_RC_BG;
    rc_style->color_flags[GTK_STATE_NORMAL] |=GTK_RC_FG;
    gtk_widget_modify_style (entry, rc_style);
 
  thanx in advance..