Help:Wiki University Wikitext--Font Colors





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Change font color
Sometimes you may want a different color for the font for emphasis. This is the attribute:

   Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec sit amet iaculis metus. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Fusce elementum efficitur faucibus. Curabitur eleifend quis ligula ac ullamcorper. Curabitur eget suscipit turpis.
 * The number of "named" colors is 256.
 * However only 140 names are supported by ALL browsers. Here's the list found in w3schools.com.


 * Click on the Shades column for more color selections. However, the shades do not have names so you will have to use the HEX codes.

Try these out


 Exercises Check your answers
 * Change the lorem ipsum paragraph text to a color on this list.

 Quick Quiz
 * You can use any common name for a color?
 * A. True
 * B. False


 * If the HEX number does not work in the code you may have:
 * A. Used a wrong number
 * B. Left off the # tag
 * C. All of the above


 * You have to use the header tags to color headers?
 * A. True
 * B. False

Check your answers

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