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

Marc Sergile
PLUS
Marc Sergile
Courses Plus Student 315 Points
Posted by Marc Sergile
Marc Sergile
Courses Plus Student 315 Points

style paragraph to black

style paragraph to black

css/main.css 
a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

#wrapper {
  max-width: 940px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

#logo {
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0;
}

h1, h2{
  color: #fff;
}

<p> {
  background: #000;
}
Manuel Klettke
Manuel Klettke
25,324 Points
Manuel Klettke
Manuel Klettke
25,324 Points

Remove the angle brackets "<>" and it should work :)

1 Answer

Mark Tripney
Mark Tripney
6,211 Points
Mark Tripney
Mark Tripney
6,211 Points

The problem, Marc, is that you've confused CSS and HTML syntax.

HTML characters are enclosed within angled brackets, creating an opening or closing tag...

<p>Hello world</p>

... but these brackets are not carried over to CSS selectors. All you need is the HTML element the rule applies to...

p {
  background-color: #000;
}

So, to fix your code, remove the angled brackets in your CSS!