This example tests whether background colors are properly inherited by <mpadded>.
<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mrow> <mi>A</mi> <mstyle mathbackground="#e05" mathcolor="#5e0"> <mpadded lspace="+10pt" width="+20pt"> <mi>A</mi> </mpadded> <mi>A</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> </math>