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CSS CSS Foundations Selectors Type, Class, and ID Selectors

Posted by christina myrie
christina myrie
2,621 Points

how to make the em the color red is this the right way

i keep messing up on this part

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>CSS Selectors</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="cc1-main-styles.css" type="text/css" media="screen">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css" media="screen">
</head>
<body>
    <h1><em>Hello</em> World!</h1>
    <div>
        <p>
            <em>Lorem ipsum dolor</em> sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc pulvinar consequat tortor, nec venenatis erat elementum scelerisque. Curabitur sit amet risus nisi. Aenean aliquet euismod augue at viverra. Ut varius arcu in lorem iaculis ullamcorper. Integer eu rutrum quam.
        </p>
    </div>
</body>
</html>
style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
body{
background-color: lightblue
}
h1{
color: darkblue;
}
em{
color: red;
}

1 Answer

Hugo Paz
Hugo Paz
15,622 Points
Hugo Paz
Hugo Paz
15,622 Points

Hi Christina,

You forgot the semi-colon after background-color: lightblue