Override "table tr:nth-child(even/odd) td {}" - css

Question

Alright, let's try this again.
This is part of the code of my table right now.
<table id="infantryTbl">
<thead>
<tr>
<th class="country">Country</th>
<th class="type">Type</th>
<th class="nr">Nr</th>
<th class="name">Name</th>
<th class="marking">Markings</th>
<th class="comment">Comment</th>
<th class="status">Status</th>
<th class="code">Code</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="titel" colspan="8">Parachute Company</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="center">British</td>
<td class="center">Command</td>
<td class="right">2st</td>
<td class="left">Rifle/MG</td>
<td class="left">Company Cmd</td>
<td class="left">Parachute Company</td>
<td class="painted">Painted</td>
<td class="center">BBX16</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
With this css I do get every other <tr> in a different color.
table tr:nth-child(odd) td{
background:#c1c1c1;color:#1f1f1f;
}
table tr:nth-child(even) td{
background:#b0b0b0;color:#1f1f1f;
}
All good so far.
What I want is to change the background and text color on all the cells with the class "painted" and rows with the class "titel".
*.titel {background:#424242;}
.painted {background:#375e37;}*
As it is now nothing happens when I change the class since the odd/even CSS seems to override everything.
How to I make "titel" and "painted" shown?

Answer 1

Because you used table tr td for your odd/even rules, you need the same specificity (or higher) for your override rules, which means you can't use only the class names, like .painted, as you see in my last rule. It just doesn't do anything.
table tr:nth-child(odd) td{
background:#c1c1c1;color:#1f1f1f;
}
table tr:nth-child(even) td{
background:#b0b0b0;color:#1f1f1f;
}
table tr td.painted { /* this works */
background:yellow;
color:red;
}
table tr td.titel { /* this works */
background:red;
color:black;
}
.painted { /* this one doesn't work */
background:lime;
}
<table id="infantryTbl">
<thead>
<tr>
<th class="country">Country</th>
<th class="type">Type</th>
<th class="nr">Nr</th>
<th class="name">Name</th>
<th class="marking">Markings</th>
<th class="comment">Comment</th>
<th class="status">Status</th>
<th class="code">Code</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="titel" colspan="8">Parachute Company</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="center">British</td>
<td class="center">Command</td>
<td class="right">2st</td>
<td class="left">Rifle/MG</td>
<td class="left">Company Cmd</td>
<td class="left">Parachute Company</td>
<td class="painted">Painted</td>
<td class="center">BBX16</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="titel" colspan="8">Parachute Company</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="center">British</td>
<td class="center">Command</td>
<td class="right">2st</td>
<td class="left">Rifle/MG</td>
<td class="left">Company Cmd</td>
<td class="left">Parachute Company</td>
<td class="painted">Painted</td>
<td class="center">BBX16</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="titel" colspan="8">Parachute Company</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="center">British</td>
<td class="center">Command</td>
<td class="right">2st</td>
<td class="left">Rifle/MG</td>
<td class="left">Company Cmd</td>
<td class="left">Parachute Company</td>
<td class="painted">Painted</td>
<td class="center">BBX16</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="titel" colspan="8">Parachute Company</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="center">British</td>
<td class="center">Command</td>
<td class="right">2st</td>
<td class="left">Rifle/MG</td>
<td class="left">Company Cmd</td>
<td class="left">Parachute Company</td>
<td class="painted">Painted</td>
<td class="center">BBX16</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="titel" colspan="8">Parachute Company</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="center">British</td>
<td class="center">Command</td>
<td class="right">2st</td>
<td class="left">Rifle/MG</td>
<td class="left">Company Cmd</td>
<td class="left">Parachute Company</td>
<td class="painted">Painted</td>
<td class="center">BBX16</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>