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CSS

Posted by Miriam Allman
Miriam Allman
Courses Plus Student 1,761 Points

i can't get my background to show as orange

<body style="background-colour: orange;">

When I refresh my background is still white - what am I doing wrong?

Ian Hempsell
Ian Hempsell
Courses Plus Student 37,036 Points

He Miriam, try: background-color: orange (American spelling).

4 Answers

Edwin Buitrago
Edwin Buitrago
2,726 Points
Edwin Buitrago
Edwin Buitrago
2,726 Points

just a typo mistake we find ourselves into all the time. reserved words have to be used exactly as they were reserved so in this case background-colour is different to the reserved word which is background-color so that's the reason why it doesn't work.

Hugo Buenrostro
Hugo Buenrostro
10,620 Points
Hugo Buenrostro
Hugo Buenrostro
10,620 Points

change "background-colour" to "background" or "background-color"

Jaspal Singh
Jaspal Singh
13,525 Points
Jaspal Singh
Jaspal Singh
13,525 Points

Hi Miriam

You spelled the background-color property as background-colour so correct it than it will work

Miriam Allman
PLUS
Miriam Allman
Courses Plus Student 1,761 Points
Miriam Allman
Miriam Allman
Courses Plus Student 1,761 Points

Thank you everyone - what can I say - I'm Canadian, eh?

Miriam