How to change the dropdown menu's background colour

Is there a way to make the main menu bar drop down menu's background a different colour to make them stand out a bit more. They tend to blend into the main page background on my site.

Thanks

Roger

 

Paste this code in Custom CSS
Appearance > Theme Option > Styling Option > Custom CSS

Code:

#menu .ddsmoothmenu li a {
color: font color value;
background: url(your image address) no-repeat right;
}
#menu .ddsmoothmenu li li a:hover {
background: your color value;
}
.menu_wrapper .menu-container {
background: your color value;
}
#menu .ddsmoothmenu li li a {
background:your color value;
}