Kendo ui picker css issue

Question

I am using kendo ui dropdown list and some other pickers. I want to style the selected item background color.

I had tried .k-dropdown .k-state-selected{ background-color

Answer 1

KendoUI defines background not just as a background-color: XYZ; but using background-image: none, -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #ffc0cb 0px, #ffc0cb 100%); too So, start overwriting this definition saying background-image: none;

Answer 2

The following CSS should work for date(time)picker and the dropdownlist:

.k-widget .k-state-selected,
.k-list .k-state-selected
{ 
  background: red;
}

Here is a live demo: http://jsbin.com/efozol/5/edit