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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Basic Selectors Reusing Classes

Shane Phan
Shane Phan
1,436 Points
Posted by Shane Phan
Shane Phan
1,436 Points

No color specified in border in teacher's notes- what color used by default?

I was just curious what would happen if you did not specify a color value in the "border" property in CSS. I tried it in the .t-border property from my Workspace following along with this video- the border became darker gray. Where did CSS pull that gray color from? Is there a default color or does it pull from other information in your document?

1 Answer

Matthew Potter
Matthew Potter
8,718 Points

It is taking it from the color property of the body just like your h2 tag is. It also doesn't have a specific color property. Play around with it by leaving out the color in your class secondary.content and changing the color in your body.

Shane Phan
Shane Phan
1,436 Points
Shane Phan
Shane Phan
1,436 Points

Ahh I see now, yeah it took the color from the body. Thanks!