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HTML How to Make a Website Customizing Colors and Fonts Write Hexadecimal Colors

Posted by simbarashe madanhi
simbarashe madanhi
3,138 Points

setting color a paragraph to black

how do l set color to black on a paragraph

css/main.css 
a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

#wrapper {
  max-width: 940px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

#logo {
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0;
}

h1, h2 {
color: #fff;
}

#paragraph {
color: 000000;
}

2 Answers

Helmut Granda
Helmut Granda
10,343 Points
Helmut Granda
Helmut Granda
10,343 Points 
/* all paragraphs*/
p {
  color: black; 
}

/* paragraphs with class paragraph*/
.paragraph {
  color: red;
}

<p>my content</p>

<p class="paragraph">my content with class</p>

You can also use the hexadecimal value of (short) #000 (long) #000000 instead of the word black. In your code sample you are missing the pound (#) sign.

millogt
millogt
7,644 Points
millogt
millogt
7,644 Points

First u need to use the right selector for paragraphs. U use #paragraph but u should just use p to target all the paragraphs in the html file. Next u need to use the hexadecimal value for black to set the paragraphs to black. This is #000000 or #000 in short. If u are not sure about the code for a color u can just google it. Don't forget the # sign.

p {
color: #000;
}

Good luck!