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7,161 PointsTo set the color of paragraphs in CSS, do you need to put "p { ...}" or just " { ...}" ?
When setting the color of paragraphs in CSS, do you need to specify something like:
body { color: #000; }
or can it just be:
{ color: #000; }
a {
text-decoration: none;
}
#wrapper {
max-width: 940px;
margin: 0 auto;
}
#logo {
text-align: center;
margin: 0;
}
h1, h2 {
color: #fff;
}
{
color: #000;
}
2 Answers
James Anwyl
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 49,960 PointsYou always need something before the curly brackets, otherwise the web browser won't know what to apply the styles to.
Inside the curly brackets are the styles you want to apply. Outside the brackets is the element (or elements) you want to apply the styles to.
To apply styles to a paragraph, you'd select the p element, then add your styles inside the curly brackets. For example:
p {
color: red;
font-size: 16px;
}
You can apply styles to ALL elements by using the * selector. You won't need to use this very often though:
* {
background-color: red;
}
There's lots of CSS courses in the treehouse library. Checkout the CSS Basics course for a good starting point.
Hope this helps :)
Shane Oliver
19,977 PointsP is the paragraph element so you would use the p selector
p { color: #000; }
Sarah Morris
7,161 PointsSarah Morris
7,161 PointsThanks! Makes way more sense now!