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JavaScript CSS Selectors Quickstart Pseudo-classes and Combinators Pseudo-classes Challenge

Why am I getting this Are you setting the color of the last list item to `azure`?

I do not understand what I am doing wrong here... please help

style.css
li:first-child {color: white;}

li:last-child {color: azure;}

li:nth-child(even) {color: dodgerblue;}
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Pseudo-classes Challenge</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
  </head>
  <body>
    <ul>
      <li>Papayas</li>
      <li>Avocados</li>
      <li>Pineapples</li>
      <li>Grapefruits</li>
      <li>Pomegranates</li>
      <li>Tamarinds</li>
      <li>Kiwis</li>
      <li>Lemons</li>
      <li>Bananas</li>
      <li>Tomatoes</li>
    </ul>
  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

kevin curtis
kevin curtis
15,287 Points

Hi Brian, The question asked to set the "background color" to dodgerblue. In your code snippet you set the color of the even rows to dodgerblue.

li:first-child {color: white;}

li:last-child {color: azure;}

li:nth-child(even) {background-color: dodgerblue;}

Thank you :)