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CSS Sass Basics (retired) Speeding up Workflow with Sass Creating a Color Palette

Posted by Richard Boothe
Richard Boothe
25,204 Points

I don't know what's wrong with my Sass on the Creating a Color Palette Code Challenge for Sass stage 3 challenge 1.

$complement: #complement(red);

a {
  color: lighten(red, 5%);
  background: desaturate($complement, 10%);
}

3 Answers

Ken Alger
STAFF
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher
Ken Alger
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher

Richard;

I edited your code for markup.

You don't need to use the # symbol when you are assigning the $complement variable, everything else looks okay..

Your code needs to look something like:

/* Write your SCSS code below. */

/* Task 2 */
$complement: complement(red);


/* Task 1 */
a { 
  color: lighten(red, 5%); 
  background: desaturate($complement, 10%); /* <------ Task 3 */
}

Ken

Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points
Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points

Hi Richard,

You have a pound/hash before your complement declaration, simply remove that so you end up with the below.

$complement: complement(red);
Richard Boothe
Richard Boothe
25,204 Points
Richard Boothe
Richard Boothe
25,204 Points

Thanks Chris Upjohn and Ken Alger, I must have put that hashtag/pound sign in my notes accidentally and went with it. Notes are fixed, code's are fixed, and I'm back on my way. I really appreciate it. ~Rich