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HTML How to Make a Website Beginning HTML and CSS Write a CSS Selector and Property

srilatha challa
srilatha challa
845 Points
Posted by srilatha challa
srilatha challa
845 Points

setting the colour of h1 to green

setting the colour of h1 to green

index.html 
<style>
  h1{

 name : prasanna;
    color : green;

  }



</style>

  <h1>Nick Pettit</h1>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

In a CSS rule, you have the selector followed by a set (could be just one) of properties and values. In this case, the property you want to set is color. So you want something like this:

h1 {
    color: green;
}

And FYI: name is not a CSS property (it is an attribute of some elements).