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

Posted by mallika kompelli
mallika kompelli
1,734 Points

In a code challenge the question is "set the color of paragraphs to black using hexadecimal value".

so i set p { color: #ffffff; } it is not going to the next step please le me know the correct answer

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:#ffffff;
}

3 Answers

morgan segura
PLUS
morgan segura
Courses Plus Student 6,934 Points
morgan segura
morgan segura
Courses Plus Student 6,934 Points

ffffff; is white try #000000;

p { color:#000; /* These are zeroes */ }

mallika kompelli
mallika kompelli
1,734 Points

Thank you. It worked.

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

Hi there...

The code for black in hexadecimal is all zeros...

Hexadecimal is based on a 16 point numbering system so it goes all the way up to F on a single hue of colour.

Put simply, the FF is for White, 00 is for black, so #000000 is the value you want. :-)

mallika kompelli
mallika kompelli
1,734 Points

hi thank you .it worked

andrew schoenherr
andrew schoenherr
8,427 Points
andrew schoenherr
andrew schoenherr
8,427 Points

Sorry a bit late. Had a buddy with the same issue. Like the above said black is all zeros. Good reference on this is remembering black really has zero color according to a color wheel. Hope your getting along well!