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HTML Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016) Getting Familiar with HTML and CSS Test: Changing the Look of a Web Page

Posted by Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
1,391 Points

Color change

How do I change the color of the h1 tag to purple

index.html 
<!doctype html>
<html>
  <head>
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>
    <h1>Welcome to My Web Page!</h1>
    </h1>
  </body>
</html>
styles.css 
(h1)color: purple;

2 Answers

Stanley Thijssen
Stanley Thijssen
5,299 Points
Stanley Thijssen
Stanley Thijssen
5,299 Points

You selected your h1 tag wrong, it's not valid css. You should select your h1 tag as follow:

h1 { color: purple; }

Vladut Astalos
Vladut Astalos
11,246 Points
Vladut Astalos
Vladut Astalos
11,246 Points

In style.css file, first you need to select the h1 element then you open a set of curly brackets and then you define properties between the brackets:

h1 {
    color: purple;
}