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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 Sandra Jakiela
Sandra Jakiela
2,220 Points

I'm trying to change the color of the header to purple.

I'm trying to change the color of the header to purple and did not know if I should do it in the HTML or CSS.

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

    <h1>Welcome to My Web Page!</h1>

  </body>
</html>
styles.css 
header{
  color:purple;
}

2 Answers

Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,120 Points
Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,120 Points

You have the right idea. You are just using the wrong selector in your CSS (use h1 instead of header):

h1 {
 color: purple; 
}
Mohamed Taher
Mohamed Taher
6,345 Points
Mohamed Taher
Mohamed Taher
6,345 Points

First you didn't nest a header tag in the body element. <header></header> then select the header in the css file and you can nest the h1 in the header tag.

Stuart Wright is right too.