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

Posted by Alex Duty
Alex Duty
103 Points

Why is my color is not changing?

My color is not changing, I forgot the code.

index.html 
<style>

color: blue; {

  }

</style>
  <h1>Alex Duty</h1>
Daugirdas Kuprionis
Daugirdas Kuprionis
7,484 Points
Daugirdas Kuprionis
Daugirdas Kuprionis
7,484 Points

Hi Alex, you have not selected H1 element.

<style>
h1 {
        color: green;
}
</style>
<h1>This header will be green.</h1>```

2 Answers

Chris Jardine
Chris Jardine
13,299 Points

Hi Alex

if you are trying to change the color of the h1 tag, then you would write it like this:

<style>
h1 {
 color: blue;
}
</style>
  <h1>Alex Duty</h1>
Damian Loyola
Damian Loyola
9,315 Points
Damian Loyola
Damian Loyola
9,315 Points

try the following code h1{ color: blue; }