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HTML Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016) Getting Familiar with HTML and CSS Test: Changing the Look of a Web Page

Posted by yehuda bortz
yehuda bortz
41 Points

change text color

css

index.html 
<!doctype html>
<html>
  <h1>
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
  </h1>
  <body>

    <p>Welcome to My Web Page!</p>

  </body>
</html>
styles.css 
<h1><style><color>:purple:></h1>

2 Answers

Boonsuen Oh
Boonsuen Oh
18,788 Points
Boonsuen Oh
Boonsuen Oh
18,788 Points

HTML method, using the style attribute and color property.

<tag style="color:black">

CSS method, using the color property.

selector {
  color: black;
}
Bryce Santos
Bryce Santos
11,157 Points
Bryce Santos
Bryce Santos
11,157 Points

As Boonsuen said, you need to follow correct CSS syntax. If you'd like to change the color of a paragraph, you would use

p {
color: red;
}