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

Posted by Javid Beykzadeh
Javid Beykzadeh
5,863 Points

Is the body element where I add my paragraph color to black?

Is the body element where I add my paragraph color to black using #000?

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;
}

2 Answers

Andrew Stelmach
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 Points
Andrew Stelmach
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 Points

No, your <p> elements:

p {
    color: #000;
}
Kelly von Borstel
Kelly von Borstel
28,880 Points
Kelly von Borstel
Kelly von Borstel
28,880 Points

You can set a default text color in css with body selector, but it will be the default color for all text, not just paragraphs. But then you can set colors for individual elements like h1, h2, and so on, with separate rules.