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HTML Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016) Adding a New Web Page Write the CSS

Posted by Thomas Rothrock
Thomas Rothrock
474 Points

my background color will not change i do not know whats wrong

h1{ background-color: #e2e2e2; }

Juan Lopez
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree seal-36
Juan Lopez
Treehouse Project Reviewer

Are you sure you linked your CSS file to your index.html file? 

<head>
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="resume.css">
     </head>
Abdullahi Abdinasir Ali
Abdullahi Abdinasir Ali
9,520 Points

Please add the real code which target the color CSS one

1 Answer

Abdullahi Abdinasir Ali
Abdullahi Abdinasir Ali
9,520 Points
Abdullahi Abdinasir Ali
Abdullahi Abdinasir Ali
9,520 Points

There is no problem with the link of CSS . I think you wronged the value of color . I suggest try with another color value e.g.

FFFFFF or #800000

The value are attain color which are specific if you don't know there is no problem you can google search may try this link https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css_colors.asp to learn more. I hope that helps