Difference between revisions of "CSS GUIDE COLOR"

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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.

Applicability:	The color property can be used for all CSS elements.
Media Group:	Visual
Inherited:	Yes

TARGET_ELEMENT{color: #0033ff}
TARGET_ELEMENT{color: red}
TARGET_ELEMENT{color: rgb(0,200,0)}

Values can be entered in 3 ways:

Method	Range	Example
Hexadecimal (preferred)	#000000 - #ffffff	#00ff00 is green
Color name	W3Schools Natural Langauge Color Names	green
RGB value	0-255	rgb(102,204,102) is green

See usage examples section for more details.

p{color: #ff0000}  /*Set paragraph text to appear red.*/

h1{color: #0000FF}  /*Set h1 (level 1 heading) text to blue.*/

span{color: #0000FF}  /*Sets text enclosed within span tag to appear yellow*/

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.

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