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HTML Styles

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The HTML style attribute is used to add styles to an element, such as color,
font, size, and more.

Example
I am Red
I am Blue

I am Big
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The HTML Style Attribute


Setting the style of an HTML element, can be done with the style attribute.

The HTML style attribute has the following syntax:

<tagname style="property:value;">

The property is a CSS property. The value is a CSS value.

You will learn more about CSS later in this tutorial.

Background Color
The CSS background-color property defines the background color for an HTML
element.

Example
Set the background color for a page to powderblue:

<body style="background-color:powderblue;">

<h1>This is a heading</h1>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>

</body>
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Example
Set background color for two different elements:

<body>

<h1 style="background-color:powderblue;">This is a heading</h1>


<p style="background-color:tomato;">This is a paragraph.</p>

</body>
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Text Color
The CSS color property defines the text color for an HTML element:

Example
<h1 style="color:blue;">This is a heading</h1>
<p style="color:red;">This is a paragraph.</p>
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Fonts
The CSS font-family property defines the font to be used for an HTML
element:

Example
<h1 style="font-family:verdana;">This is a heading</h1>
<p style="font-family:courier;">This is a paragraph.</p>
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Text Size
The CSS font-size property defines the text size for an HTML element:

Example
<h1 style="font-size:300%;">This is a heading</h1>
<p style="font-size:160%;">This is a paragraph.</p>
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Text Alignment
The CSS text-align property defines the horizontal text alignment for an HTML
element:

Example
<h1 style="text-align:center;">Centered Heading</h1>
<p style="text-align:center;">Centered paragraph.</p>
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Chapter Summary
 Use the style attribute for styling HTML elements
 Use background-color for background color
 Use color for text colors
 Use font-family for text fonts
 Use font-size for text sizes
 Use text-align for text alignment

Exercise?
What is a correct way to add a background color to an HTML document?

<body style='background-color:pink;'>

<body background-color='pink;'>

<body style='bgcolor:pink;'>

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