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HTML How to Make a Website Customizing Colors and Fonts Use Color in CSS

Posted by gurpal singh sidhu
gurpal singh sidhu
1,294 Points

what is the word inherit means

the word inherit means??

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,198 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,198 Points

In CSS, "inherit" generally means that a property should take the value from its parent element.

Many CSS properties are inherited by default. For example:

<div style="color: blue">
    <span>This text is in a span</span>
</div>

The text inside the span above would be colored blue because the color property is inherited by default.

Bryan Peters
Bryan Peters
11,996 Points
Bryan Peters
Bryan Peters
11,996 Points

Inherit in CSS means to receive a property from the element's parent or ancestors.

So a <p> with font-weight:bold inside a <div> with color:red will inherit the red color from its parent (<div>), and be both red and bold.