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CSS

CSS Code Challenge Question

Hello I'm stuck on this question

Add a type selector to make all of the paragraph tags the background color black and text white.

Please help.

* {
    color: black;
    background-color: white;
}

p { line-height: 1em; }

h1, h2, h3, h4 {
    color: blue;
    font-weight: normal;
    line-height: 1.1em;
    margin: 0 0 .5em 0;
}

3 Answers

Hello! If I interpreted your question properly, your question asks for a type selector to make only all paragraphs have a background color of black and a color of white.

Your problem is, instead of using the type selector to target paragraphs, you're using an universal selector.

By using an asterisk, you have targeted everything in your html document to have a background color of white and a color of black.

The solution to this problem, is to use the type selector, "p", without the quotes.

p { background-color: black; color: white; };

thank you derrick that worked!!

Glad i could help ;)