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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Understanding Values and Units Color Values

Richard Owens
Richard Owens
1,071 Points
Posted by Richard Owens
Richard Owens
1,071 Points

My colours are not changing on my websites, does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

/* Type Selectors ------------------ */

body { color: #878787; margin: 0; font-size: 1em; }

h1 {
font-size: 5.625rem; /* 90px/16px */ color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .5); }

h2 { font-size: 53px; }

h3 { font-size: 20px; color: #48525c; }

/* Pseudo-classes ------------------ */

a:link { color: rgb(255, 169, 73); }

a:visited { color: lightblue; }

a:hover { color: rgba(255, 169, 73, .4); }

a:active { color: lightcoral; }

/* ID Selectors -------------------- */

main-footer {

padding-top: 60px; padding-bottom: 60px; border-bottom: solid 10px #ffa949; }

/* Class Selectors ----------------- */

.main-header { background-color: #ffa949; }

.title { color: white; font-size: 1.625rem; /* 25px/16px */ }

.primary-content, .secondary-content { width: 60% }

.primary-content { text-align: center; }

.t-border { border-top: 2px solid lightgrey; /* Top border styles */ }

2 Answers

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
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Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
17,284 Points

Do you have a link to the website?

Richard Owens
Richard Owens
1,071 Points
Richard Owens
Richard Owens
1,071 Points

http://port-80-w2itx71ba2.treehouse-app.com/

The colours have changed now but when I put another colour in say the main-header background colour it doesn't change for some reason.

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
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Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
17,284 Points

When I use Dev Tools on it all the colors change fine for me. Make sure you save the changes and try hitting Ctrl F5 to fresh the site.