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CSS CSS Foundations Backgrounds and Borders Box Shadows

Posted by Reggie Sibley
Reggie Sibley
6,018 Points

Help!

Create a drop shadow for the .box div. Make it appear 10px to the right and 10px down, with a spread radius of 5px, a color of #222, and a blur radius of 15px.

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Box Shadows</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
    <div class="box"></div>
</body>
</html>
style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */

.box {
  box-shadow: 10px 10px 5px 15px #222;

}

1 Answer

Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points

Hi Reggie, it looks like you need to switch the order of the spread radius and blur radius values.