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HTML Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016) Getting Familiar with HTML and CSS Test: Changing the Look of a Web Page

Change color in HTML/ CSS

Hello everybody, we need help with the following task. We simply;y cant get it done )-:

index.html
<!doctype html>
<html>
  <head>
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
  </head>
  <body>

    <h1>Welcome to My Web Page!</h1>
    <h1> color: purple </h1>



  </body>
</html>
styles.css

2 Answers

Ezra Siton
Ezra Siton
12,644 Points

Hi. You must learn how to add CSS to your site.

This is a regular text this is not CSS:

<h1> color: purple </h1>

In your case use the css file (External style sheet) and add this code (under tab "styles.css").

h1{
 color: purple; 

}

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See this videos to understand your mistake:

Hi , open that style.css thing and write h1{ color:purple; }