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

Iulia Kraiter
Iulia Kraiter
858 Points
Posted by Iulia Kraiter
Iulia Kraiter
858 Points

I can't figure out what I did wrong to not set the color of the paragraphs black.

Hello,

In the code challenge it asks me to set the color of the paragraphs to black, and I wrote body: { color: #000; }

but the checker says I got it wrong.

Was I supposed to do something else?

Thank you,

Iulia

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

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

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

h1, h2 {
  color: #fff;
}

body: {
  color: #000;
}

3 Answers

jacobproffer
jacobproffer
24,604 Points

Hey Lulia,

You're technically correct. However, this challenge is specifically asking you to target all paragraph tags.

Like so:

p {
    color: #000;
}
Shawn Denham
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree
Shawn Denham
Python Development Techdegree Student 17,801 Points

Point stealer :P

Shawn Denham
seal-mask
PLUS
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree
Shawn Denham
Python Development Techdegree Student 17,801 Points
Shawn Denham
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree
Shawn Denham
Python Development Techdegree Student 17,801 Points

it specifically asked for your paragraphs. Setting your body color targets everything!

narrow it down to just your paragraphs ;)

Iulia Kraiter
Iulia Kraiter
858 Points
Iulia Kraiter
Iulia Kraiter
858 Points

Oh! I didn't know you could do that, I mean I knew you could do that for the header, body and footer, but I was a bit confused about what to do about things that went into them (and a little scared to try too), but thank you both for your answers.

PS- Jacaob, from the Default font on Treehouse it looks like my name actually starts with an L but the letter is actually a capital i.