link color in custom copyright

I think this is probably a css question than anything else...

I installed a custom css plugin and adding the following style which successfully changes the custom copyright text to red:

.inside-site-info {
color: red;
}

What I really want to do though is change the color of the links. This seems to do nothing:

.inside-site-info a:active, a:visited {
color: red;
}

The links themselves are there and they work when I click on them, but I'm having trouble making them a distinct color.

Any suggestions? My apologies that I'm a css neophyte...