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Elkhan Khanmamedov
1,780 PointsI can't change the color of h1 tag
I'm struggling with the color change of h1 tag. I print background color... but I failed during a test
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
<h1>Welcome to My Web Page!</h1>
</body>
</html>
color:purple;
4 Answers

Ari Misha
19,274 PointsHiya Elkhan! To change the style of any element on HTML page in your stylesheet, first you're gonna have to access that element in your stylesheet. Its pretty easy and its done by selecting that element and mention it in your style sheet, followed by "curly braces" and squeeze your style in curly braces. Heres how your code should look like in your stylesheet:
h1 {
color: purple;
}

Daniel Szepanski
Courses Plus Student 5,098 PointsHi, add in your css file a h1 like:
h1 {
color:purple;
}

Elkhan Khanmamedov
1,780 Pointsthank you so much Ari, it worked and I l now how to control it. thanks again man

Elkhan Khanmamedov
1,780 Pointsthank you guys, for the help now I got the gist of it