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CSS How to Make a Website Beginning HTML and CSS Write a CSS Selector and Property

Posted by Ariana Clark
Ariana Clark
115 Points

I don't remember what to put inside the <style> brackets to change the color. I put "color:green" but that didn't work.

I also put {color:green} but that didn't work either.

index.html 
<body>

  <style> color: green </style>
    <h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
</body>
Agnes Caringal
Agnes Caringal
6,239 Points
Agnes Caringal
Agnes Caringal
6,239 Points

hello Ariana Clark... you forgot something...check this...

<body>

<style> h1 {color: green} </style> <h1>Nick Pettit</h1> </body>

2 Answers

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points

Hey Ariana,

You first need to select the h1 element by just typing "h1" and curly braces like this:

h1 {
}

Next, it wants you to change the color of h1 elements to green. This means that you use the selector you just created (the "h1") and you put that "color: green;" statement inside the curly braces so that it applies it to the h1. And then ta-dah! :D

h1 {
color: green;
}
Ariana Clark
Ariana Clark
115 Points

Thank you! With your help, figured it out. :)

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points

You are most welcome, Ariana! Happy Coding! :)

Yaroslav Kleshchev
Yaroslav Kleshchev
8,744 Points
Yaroslav Kleshchev
Yaroslav Kleshchev
8,744 Points

You need to select the element you want to change. Like this:

h1{ color: green; }

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points

This is already solved, Yaroslav.