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HTML How to Make a Website Beginning HTML and CSS Add Style to the Page

Posted by Samuel Dereb
Samuel Dereb
2,269 Points

Style

How can I change the default text color?

2 Answers

Michael Austin
PLUS
Michael Austin
Courses Plus Student 7,814 Points
Michael Austin
Michael Austin
Courses Plus Student 7,814 Points

Hi,

You should think of the body tag as being your default scope level. So set basic font parameters in there.

body{
color:#abc123;
}
Thomas Regan
Thomas Regan
2,032 Points
Thomas Regan
Thomas Regan
2,032 Points

I believe you can use any of the following 3,

body {color:blue;}

h1 {color:#00ff00;}

h2 {color:rgb(255,0,0);}