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Python Python Basics (2015) Python Data Types List Creation

Posted by Alec Thavychith
Alec Thavychith
866 Points

List creation challenge task: Making a colors list error.

I'm on the List Creation challenge task and I get a NameError for the list I'm creating.

lists.py 
colors = [red, blue, green, purple, gold]

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

The color names should be strings, so you'll need to put quotes around each of them.