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

Brett Burley
Brett Burley
2,922 Points
Posted by Brett Burley
Brett Burley
2,922 Points

background vs background-color

I'm just confused about when to use the selector background as opposed to background-color. I noticed when Nick declared the body background white (#fff) he used the selector background-color

Cheers

1 Answer

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

Hey Brett,

Background is just the short hand for many of the background values and can incorporate the color, image, repeat, etc.

You can get much more detail at the MDN site

Keep Coding! :)

Brett Burley
Brett Burley
2,922 Points
Brett Burley
Brett Burley
2,922 Points

Thank you for clearing that up for me.