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

Posted by Callum Deakin
Callum Deakin
1,920 Points

Code not accepted in code challenge....why?

I am really confused why this is not being accepted:

p { color: #111111; }

It has asked you to set the color of a paragraph to black using a hexidecimal color. I'm sure I'm being a fool but would appreciate the help. Thanks

Jeff Busch
Jeff Busch
19,287 Points

try #000000 or #000 either one is black

2 Answers

Ricardo Hill-Henry
Ricardo Hill-Henry
38,442 Points

It's because #000 is pure black

Callum Deakin
Callum Deakin
1,920 Points
Callum Deakin
Callum Deakin
1,920 Points

Ahh so it was because I'm a fool. Thanks for your help guys.