What are property and value in CSS?

CSSJunior~1 min read

In CSS, property is the characteristic you want to change on an element, and value is the specific setting you assign to that property.

Example:

css

p {
  color: red;
}

Breakdown:

Part	What it is
`color`	property (defines what exactly we're changing)
`red`	value (sets what the color will be)

Another example:

css

p {
  font-size: 18px;
  background-color: yellow;
}

Here:

Property	Value
`font-size`	`18px`
`background-color`	`yellow`

In short: property is "what we change", value is "what we change it to".

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