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

Todd Squitieri
Todd Squitieri
8,001 Points
Posted by Todd Squitieri
Todd Squitieri
8,001 Points

Opening Scope? -- Using SASS 3.4

I am now struggling with this new SASS challenge. The instruction is:

"Open a scope for <a> tags and make their color 5% lighter than the standard red."

Why doesn't the following code work?

a {
    color: lighten (red, 5%);
}

I just don't get it. Also, I am still struggling to get my sass files to sync properly despite the fact that I always cd to my Desktop on the Git Bash terminal that I use and sync the files with this code:

sass --watch main.scss:main.css

Please someone help me figure SASS out. I'm totally lost here.

-T

1 Answer

Wayne Priestley
Wayne Priestley
19,579 Points
Wayne Priestley
Wayne Priestley
19,579 Points

Hi Todd,

You have the answer right, you just need to remove the space between lighten(red

a {
    color: lighten(red, 5%);
}
Todd Squitieri
Todd Squitieri
8,001 Points
Todd Squitieri
Todd Squitieri
8,001 Points

Thanks for the help, Wayne. I appreciate it.

Sincerely,

Todd