Cannot remove shaded background of carousel - CSS - css

Question

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I'm trying to have a carousel with no background. So the images and indicators are just displayed as is.
Have tried this:
.carousel{
background:none;
background-color: none;
}
Which didn't make a difference, I also tried adding a placeholder as a background to see what it did:
.carousel{
background: url(http://placehold.it/620x420/);
}
This added the placeholder background but behind the shading of the carousel. I've uploaded an image here:
Hopefully someone knows what I've done wrong, thanks in advance.
EDIT: Added HTML code for carousel:
<!-- Image Gallery Start-->
<br/><br/>
<div id="Carousel" class="carousel slide" data-ride="carousel" style="max-width: 400px; margin: 0 auto">
<!-- Indicators -->
<ol class="carousel-indicators">
<li data-target="#suniceCarousel" data-slide-to="0" class="active"></li>
<li data-target="#suniceCarousel" data-slide-to="1"></li>
<li data-target="#suniceCarousel" data-slide-to="2"></li>
<li data-target="#suniceCarousel" data-slide-to="3"></li>
</ol>
<!-- Wrapper for slides -->
<div class="carousel-inner" role="listbox">
<div class="item active">
<img class="img-responsive center-block" src="/images/sunice/sunice1.png" width="350" alt="Chania">
</div>
<div class="item">
<img class="img-responsive center-block" src="/images/sunice/sunice2.png" width="350" alt="Chania">
</div>
<div class="item">
<img class="img-responsive center-block" src="/images/sunice/sunice1.png" width="350" alt="Chania">
</div>
<div class="item">
<img class="img-responsive center-block" src="/images/sunice/sunice2.png" width="350" alt="Chania">
</div>
</div>
<!-- Left and right controls -->
<a class="left carousel-control" href="#Carousel" role="button" data-slide="prev">
<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-left" aria-hidden="true"></span>
<span class="sr-only">Previous</span>
</a>
<a class="right carousel-control" href="#Carousel" role="button" data-slide="next">
<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-right" aria-hidden="true"></span>
<span class="sr-only">Next</span>
</a>
</div>
</br></br>
<!-- Image gallery end-->

Answer 1

If I've understood you just want to remove the gradient the chevrons have for a background?
#Carousel .carousel-control.left,
#Carousel .carousel-control.right {
background-image: none;
}
This should be all you need. Here is an example below
#Carousel .carousel-control.left,
#Carousel .carousel-control.right {
background-image: none;
}
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<!-- Image Gallery Start-->
<br/>
<br/>
<div id="Carousel" class="carousel slide" data-ride="carousel" style="max-width: 400px; margin: 0 auto">
<!-- Indicators -->
<ol class="carousel-indicators">
<li data-target="#suniceCarousel" data-slide-to="0" class="active"></li>
<li data-target="#suniceCarousel" data-slide-to="1"></li>
<li data-target="#suniceCarousel" data-slide-to="2"></li>
<li data-target="#suniceCarousel" data-slide-to="3"></li>
</ol>
<!-- Wrapper for slides -->
<div class="carousel-inner" role="listbox">
<div class="item active">
<img class="img-responsive center-block" src="http://www.newventureactive.co.uk/images/sunice/sunice1.png" width="350" alt="Chania">
</div>
<div class="item">
<img class="img-responsive center-block" src="http://www.newventureactive.co.uk/images/sunice/sunice2.png" width="350" alt="Chania">
</div>
<div class="item">
<img class="img-responsive center-block" src="http://www.newventureactive.co.uk/images/sunice/sunice1.png" width="350" alt="Chania">
</div>
<div class="item">
<img class="img-responsive center-block" src="http://www.newventureactive.co.uk/images/sunice/sunice2.png" width="350" alt="Chania">
</div>
</div>
<!-- Left and right controls -->
<a class="left carousel-control" href="#Carousel" role="button" data-slide="prev">
<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-left" aria-hidden="true"></span>
<span class="sr-only">Previous</span>
</a>
<a class="right carousel-control" href="#Carousel" role="button" data-slide="next">
<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-right" aria-hidden="true"></span>
<span class="sr-only">Next</span>
</a>
</div>
</br>
</br>
<!-- Image gallery end-->

Answer 2

Try This
.carousel-inner .active{
background:none !important;
}

Answer 3

I've checked the online example, the carousel adds the class active to the current active item.
In your style.css the active class has the following style:
.active{
background: url("images/active-bg.png") repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) !important;
color: #fff !important;
}
you just need to remove the background property and you'll have a transparent background for every carousel item.

Answer 4

Only this worked:
<a class="left carousel-control" href="#myCarousel" data-slide="prev" style="background-image:none">
<a class="right carousel-control" href="#myCarousel" data-slide="next" style="background-image:none">
Nothing else worked for me.