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

Gary Gibson
Gary Gibson
5,011 Points
Posted by Gary Gibson
Gary Gibson
5,011 Points

How do I set the paragraph colors to black with what I've learned so far up to "write in hexadecimal colors"?

http://teamtreehouse.com/library/write-hexadecimal-colors

I don't think this was explicitly detailed in the lesson.

css/main.css 
a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

#wrapper {
  max-width: 940px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

#logo {
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0;
}

h1, h2 {
  color: #fff;
}

p color: #000;
Ryan B.
Ryan B.
3,236 Points
Ryan B.
Ryan B.
3,236 Points

you're right on track. looks like you forgot to set brackets after the selector.

p {
 color: #000;
}
Martina Reiter
Martina Reiter
17,654 Points
Martina Reiter
Martina Reiter
17,654 Points

you're just missing the brackets

4 Answers

Julian Gutierrez
Julian Gutierrez
19,201 Points
Julian Gutierrez
Julian Gutierrez
19,201 Points

You would use #000000 as your hexadecimal value. With time you'll start memorizing some most used values such as #ffffff for white and #000000 for black.

/*Don't forget your brackets*/
p{
   color:#000000;
}
Victor Ruiz
Victor Ruiz
16,570 Points
Victor Ruiz
Victor Ruiz
16,570 Points

Hi Gary,

It seems your missing the {} brackets to contain your color for "p".

p {
color:#000;
}

Best of Luck!

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p { color: #000; }

Gary Gibson
Gary Gibson
5,011 Points
Gary Gibson
Gary Gibson
5,011 Points

Thank you, all.

I'm happy to report that I actually figured it out just before your responses started rolling in! It's great to see how quick and helpful Treehouse folks are, though.