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Start your free trialAlejandro Martinez
5,074 PointsCSS- IM TRYING TO SET THE COLOR OF PARAGRAPHS TO BLACK USING A HEXADECIMAL VALUE. HOW CAN I DO THAT?
i must've missed it in the video. perhaps it goes something like this?
p { color: #222; }
a {
text-decoration: none;
}
#wrapper {
max-width: 940px;
margin: 0 auto;
}
#logo {
text-align: center;
margin: 0;
}
h1, h2 {
color: #fff;
}
paragraph {
color: #222;
}
1 Answer
Patrick Olvera
6,339 PointsVery close. The selector that CSS uses for paragraphs is the letter "p".
So instead of:
paragraph {
color: #222;
}
You should use:
p {
color: #222;
}
On a side note, the "color" property is used to color text. If you want to color the background of the paragraphs you need to use the "background-color" property. Also, #222 is a value for a shade of black with a slight white tint. If you are looking for pure black you want #000. Also the "p" selector will select all paragraph elements on the page, if you want to only select certain paragraphs you will need to use classes, ID's, or pseudo elements.
Alejandro Martinez
5,074 PointsAlejandro Martinez
5,074 Pointsah! i was doing the color wrong then! got it! thanks for the response!!!!