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CSS

Posted by Zavier Skyers
Zavier Skyers
402 Points

changing color text

How do i properly change the color text inside a h1 header?? { text=" color: purple;}?? What am I doing wrong?

2 Answers

Alexandra Barnett
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Alexandra Barnett
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 46,473 Points
Alexandra Barnett
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Alexandra Barnett
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 46,473 Points

Hi Zavier! You need to target the h1 (by writing h1 before the braces). Then you just write 'color' for the property as the color property is only applied to text. I hope this helps, let me know if you have any questions :)

h1 {
    color: purple;
}
Zavier Skyers
Zavier Skyers
402 Points

Thanks guys!

Jack Spangenberg
Jack Spangenberg
643 Points
Jack Spangenberg
Jack Spangenberg
643 Points 
<h1>test</h1>

h1 {
  color: purple;
}
Zavier Skyers
Zavier Skyers
402 Points

Thanks guys!