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CSS Properties: How to set the text-color for different elements?

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Solution:

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html><!-- Specifies the document type and version of HTML -->
<html>
<head>
<title>How to set the text-color for different elements</title><!-- Sets the title of the HTML document -->
<style type="text/css"> /* Begins a CSS style block */
body {
    color: #33CC00; /* Sets the text color for the body text to a shade of green */
}

h1 {
    color: #3333FF; /* Sets the text color for h1 elements to a shade of blue */
}
</style><!-- Ends the CSS style block -->
</head>
<body>
<h1>w3resource Tutorial</h1><!-- Inserts an h1 element with the text "w3resource Tutorial" -->
<p>CSS, stands for Cascading Style Sheet is a computer language to describe presentation of HTML and XML web documents.</p><!-- Inserts a paragraph element with text describing CSS -->
</body>
</html>

Explanation:

  • This HTML document demonstrates how to set the text color for different elements using CSS.
  • The CSS style block defines rules for the body and h1 elements.
  • The body text color is set to a shade of green (#33CC00) using the color property.
  • The h1 text color is set to a shade of blue (#3333FF) using the color property.
  • The HTML body contains an h1 element with the text "w3resource Tutorial" and a paragraph element describing CSS.
  • The text color of the h1 element will appear as blue, while the text color of the paragraph element will appear as green, as defined by the CSS rules.

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See the Pen color-answer by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.


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