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

Posted by ashton Roman
ashton Roman
459 Points

how to set the color of paragraphs black using hexidecimal values

it doesnt explain it in the first 2 videos before the practice test

rdaniels
rdaniels
27,258 Points
rdaniels
rdaniels
27,258 Points

black is: #000000

2 Answers

Dale Bailey
Dale Bailey
20,269 Points
Dale Bailey
Dale Bailey
20,269 Points 
<p style="color:#000000"></p>

Or in your css

p {
color: #000000;
}

Also if you have a hexidecimal code where the first and last three value are the same you can just use the first three values so you could shorten it to: 

p {
color: #000;
}
Louise Blalock
PLUS
Louise Blalock
Courses Plus Student 9,818 Points
Louise Blalock
Louise Blalock
Courses Plus Student 9,818 Points

Rodney is correct! Black is #000000