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HTML How to Make a Website Styling Web Pages and Navigation Make a CSS Image Gallery

Posted by Mebrahtu Hagos
Mebrahtu Hagos
4,163 Points

how to choose a color for background and text.

can somebody help me how to choose colors for background and text on the gallery id?

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

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

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

h1, h2 {
  color: #fff;
}

nav a {
  color: #fff;
}

nav a:hover {
  color: #32673f;
}

h1 {
  font-family: ‘Changa One’, sans-serif;
  font-size: 1.75em;
  font-weight: normal;
}
img {
  max-width: 100%;
}
#gallery {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}
#gallery li {
  float: left;
  width: 45%;
  margin: 2.5%;
  background color: #fff;
  color: #999;
}

2 Answers

jason chan
jason chan
31,009 Points
jason chan
jason chan
31,009 Points

complement colors

You would have to study color theory. Warm is more orange and red. Cool is more blues and purples.

micram1001
micram1001
33,833 Points
micram1001
micram1001
33,833 Points

Hi, you could look at this url: (http://webdesign.about.com/cs/color/a/aacolortheory.htm) for the basic colors. Also you could search Google (http://www.google.com) for more on Color Theory, CSS or HTML. Mayk