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HTML Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016) Make It Beautiful With CSS Test: Styling by Element and Class

Posted by Lesenia Maldonado
Lesenia Maldonado
155 Points

How can I give the paragraph the color red? What am I missing in this code?

hey everyone, I would like to know if I'm doing this code wrong? is there another way I can set the paragraph red?

index.html 
<!doctype html>
<html>
  <head>
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
  </head>
  <body>

    <p class= "main-pg"> My amazing website </p>

    <p style= "border": 4px; border-style: solid; border-color: #FF0000;</p>



  </body>
</html>
styles.css 
.main-pg { 
}

1 Answer

Tianni Myers
Tianni Myers
10,453 Points
Tianni Myers
Tianni Myers
10,453 Points

The second <p> tag should be written like this: 

<p style= “border: 4px solid #FF0000;”></p>