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

Daniel Meza
Daniel Meza
2,353 Points
Posted by Daniel Meza
Daniel Meza
2,353 Points

how do i set the color black to the paragraphs?

the video doesnt cover this part, im lost

css/main.css 
a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

#wrapper {
  max-width: 940px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

#logo {
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0;
}

h1, h2 {
  color: #fff;
}

style p {
  color: #000;
}
Greg Thomas
Greg Thomas
12,884 Points
Greg Thomas
Greg Thomas
12,884 Points

Hi Daniel, To set the color of a paragraph to black you can simply use:

p {
color:  #000;
}

For the color you could use black, #000, #000000. These should all render the same in the browser. From your CSS it looks like you would need to remove the word 'style' in front of p.

2 Answers

Greg Thomas
Greg Thomas
12,884 Points
Greg Thomas
Greg Thomas
12,884 Points

Hi Daniel, To set the color of a paragraph to black you can simply use:

p {
color:  #000;
}

For the color you could use black, #000, or #000000. These should all render the same in the browser. From your CSS it looks like you would need to remove the word 'style' in front of p. Hope this helps!

Daniel Meza
Daniel Meza
2,353 Points
Daniel Meza
Daniel Meza
2,353 Points

it worked! thanks man, i appreciate it