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CSS CSS Foundations Advanced Selectors Pseudo-Classes: :nth-child

Posted by Marcus Bellon
Marcus Bellon
2,866 Points

nth:child() selector... bug?

The first part went through just fine, I was able to select the even list items (li), but the second part won't let me pass. Here is the question:

Question: Create a new rule that targets the 3rd list item only. Set the background color to the HEX value FF6347.

And here is my CSS...

li:nth-child(even) {
    color: white;
    background-color: black;
}

li:nth-child(3) {
    background-color: FF6347;
}

3 Answers

Marcus Bellon
Marcus Bellon
2,866 Points

Nevermind, I'm a noob... forgot to put the # in front of the hex number. Is there a delete button? lol

branco design
branco design
5,120 Points
branco design
branco design
5,120 Points 
li:nth-child(even) {
    color: white;
    background-color: black;
}

li:nth-child(3) {
    background-color: # FF6347;
}
Markus Rock
Markus Rock
18,757 Points
Markus Rock
Markus Rock
18,757 Points

Hi Teamtreehouse, In this question you should say "Add .." then it wold be clear .. maybe? Br, M.