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Thomas Caniff
Courses Plus Student 1,258 PointsLet's practice making a list. Make a new variable named colors. Assign it to a list of at least 5 items. They should be
colors= [red,blue,yellow,green,violet] and the machine says that red is not defined...please help
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Thomas Caniff
Courses Plus Student 1,258 PointsYeah I figured it out last nite but thank you very much for answering as fast as you did..
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 PointsHey Thomas,
Right now, Python thinks you are trying to pass in variables (which is why your are getting the "not defined" error). If you want a list of strings (the color names), remember... strings need to be enclosed in quotation marks. :)
