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9,829 PointsHOW DO I Set the color of paragraphs to black using a hexadecimal value.
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a {
text-decoration: none;
}
#wrapper {
max-width: 940px;
margin: 0 auto;
}
#logo {
text-align: center;
margin: 0;
}
h1, h2 {
color: #fff;
}
h1, h2 {
color: #000;
}
h1 {
color: #fff;
}
p h2 {
color: #000;
}
3 Answers
Grace Kelly
33,990 Pointsto change the color of a text you use color: and to use hexadecimal values you start with a '#' followed by the value, this is usually a 6 digit number (hence hex) but with values like white and black you can use 3 (black is #000000), like so:
p {
color: #000;
}
if it is the background you want to change use 'background-color', like so:
p {
background-color: #000;
}
hope this helps!!
MUZ140933 Faith Shangwa
7,945 Pointsp { background-color: #000; }
MUZ140981 Elvis Remwa
9,829 Pointsthanks loads