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== Summary ==

The color property is used the set the text color for a given element. The text color of an element may also be referred to as the foreground colour.

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<td><b>Applicability:</b></td><td>The color property can be used for all CSS elements.<td>
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<td><b>[http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/CSS:%40media#Media_groups Media Group:]</b>
</td><td>Visual</td>
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<td><b>Inherited:</b></td><td>Yes</td>
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== Syntax ==
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TARGET_ELEMENT{color: #0033ff}
TARGET_ELEMENT{color: red}
TARGET_ELEMENT{color: rgb(0,200,0)}
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== Legal Values ==
Values can be entered in 3 ways:

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<th>Method</th><th>Range</th><th>Example</th>
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<td>Hexadecimal (preferred)</td><td>#000000 - #ffffff</td><td>#00ff00 is green</td>
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<td>Color name</td><td>[http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_colornames.asp W3Schools Natural Langauge Color Names]</td><td>green</td>
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<td>RGB value</td><td>0-255</td><td>rgb(102,204,102) is green</td>
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See [[#Usage Examples | usage examples]] section for more details.

== Mozilla Recommended Values ==

== Usage Examples ==
<pre>p{color: #ff0000}  /*Set paragraph text to appear red.*/</pre>
<pre>h1{color: #0000FF}  /*Set h1 (level 1 heading) text to blue.*/</pre>
<pre>span{color: #0000FF}  /*Sets text enclosed within span tag to appear yellow*/</pre>

== Notes ==
Please remember to use the appropriate U.S. English spelling i.e. color and not the U.K or Canadian english spellings to ensure your CSS works.

The [http://www.w3.org World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)] provides a free online [http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/ CSS validation service].

== Specification Conformance  ==
*[http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS1#color CSS 1 ]
*[http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/colors.html#propdef-color CSS 2.1]
*[http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/#foreground CSS 3]

== Browser Compatibility ==

== See Also ==

==[[http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/CSS_guide#CSS_Properties | Back to CSS Index]]==