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

kimberly Liu
kimberly Liu
5,316 Points
Posted by kimberly Liu
kimberly Liu
5,316 Points

What's wrong with my answer to this code challenge?

Adding a hover state to navigation links...what's wrong with my code?

nav a.hover{color:#32673f;}

or should it be...

nav.hover{color:#32673f;}

either way, I answering the question incorrectly.

1 Answer

Luke Glazebrook
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 Points

Hey Kimerley!

Try using a colon where you have put a full stop (period). Let me know how this works for you!

-Luke

kimberly Liu
kimberly Liu
5,316 Points
kimberly Liu
kimberly Liu
5,316 Points

Thanks (that was stupid)...so that syntax applies for all pseudo-classes, I suppose...

Luke Glazebrook
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 Points

Yeah that is the proper syntax for pseudo-classes! Have fun programming!