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CSS How to Make a Website Customizing Colors and Fonts Write Hexadecimal Colors

Posted by John Turner
John Turner
2,101 Points

set the color of a paragraph to black

p { color:#000; } correct

3 Answers

Adam Sackfield
Adam Sackfield
Courses Plus Student 19,663 Points

Looks fine to me I just tried and got it to pass with this

    p { color: #000; }

Maybe a gremlin in the system if you try refreshing the browser and re start the quiz it should allow you past.

Cena Mayo
Cena Mayo
55,236 Points
Cena Mayo
Cena Mayo
55,236 Points

The code is correct. I've noticed sometimes if I've previously entered incorrect answers, subsequent correct answers are marked wrong. Refreshing the browser usually fixes this.

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

i passed the task using your code, however formatted a bit differently:

p {
 color: #000; 
}

notice the space between the : and the #