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Tim Harris
4,194 PointsCSS Question: How do I set the color of paragraphs to black using a hexadecimal value.
This is one of the quiz questions that I cannot find a way to properly write.
6 Answers
Dustin Matlock
33,856 PointsHi Tim, hexadecimal colors start with # at the beginning. The shorthand value for black is 000.
So to select paragraphs, you want to use the p selector, and of course the css color property.
p {
color: #000;
}
Ken Alger
Treehouse TeacherTim:
Welcome to Treehouse!
Have you tried
p {
color: #000000;
}
Post back with questions.
Ken
Ken Alger
Treehouse TeacherTim;
Dustin shows the shorthand of black (#000) below. Either is valid.
Ken
Tim Harris
4,194 PointsThanks much! I was trying to make this complicated when it was simple.
Ibrahima Ciss
8,507 Points#000 means 0 for Red, 0 for Green and 0 for Blue, black is not a colour, it's an absence of colour :)
Edwin Muswere
9,061 Pointsp{ color:#000 }
Sean Lopez
6,783 PointsGot it. Thanks