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

Chun Hsun Chen
Chun Hsun Chen
915 Points
Posted by Chun Hsun Chen
Chun Hsun Chen
915 Points

how do i set the background color of a paragraph to black?

as above... p { background:#000; }

doesn't seem to work

2 Answers

Wajeeh Hassan Qureshi
Wajeeh Hassan Qureshi
8,631 Points
Wajeeh Hassan Qureshi
Wajeeh Hassan Qureshi
8,631 Points

Hi, you can try p { background-color: #000; } I'm just a beginner, but i hope this will solve your problem.

ixrevo
ixrevo
32,051 Points
ixrevo
ixrevo
32,051 Points

Hi!

You both are right. In order set background color of a paragraph element you can use shorthand background or full background-color property.

But in the code challenge the task is to set color of the paragraph, not the background.

So, the correct code is:

p {
    color: #000;
}