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

Alejandro Martinez
Alejandro Martinez
5,074 Points
Posted by Alejandro Martinez
Alejandro Martinez
5,074 Points

CSS- IM TRYING TO SET THE COLOR OF PARAGRAPHS TO BLACK USING A HEXADECIMAL VALUE. HOW CAN I DO THAT?

i must've missed it in the video. perhaps it goes something like this?

p { color: #222; }

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: #222;
}

1 Answer

Patrick Olvera
Patrick Olvera
6,339 Points
Patrick Olvera
Patrick Olvera
6,339 Points

Very close. The selector that CSS uses for paragraphs is the letter "p".

So instead of:

paragraph {
color: #222;
}

You should use: 

p {
color: #222;
}

On a side note, the "color" property is used to color text. If you want to color the background of the paragraphs you need to use the "background-color" property. Also, #222 is a value for a shade of black with a slight white tint. If you are looking for pure black you want #000. Also the "p" selector will select all paragraph elements on the page, if you want to only select certain paragraphs you will need to use classes, ID's, or pseudo elements.

Alejandro Martinez
Alejandro Martinez
5,074 Points
Alejandro Martinez
Alejandro Martinez
5,074 Points

ah! i was doing the color wrong then! got it! thanks for the response!!!!