Newbie - Why can't I reference a unique id?

I just don't "get" CSS. I have set up an element with a unique ID but I can't get any CSS to "touch" that element when I just reference the id itself ( "#......." ). Since it is unique to my script why can't CSS "see" it? Feel free to point me to any reference material. I just don't know where to look.

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