Basic CSS: Give a Background Color to a div Element- Help

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Hey Guys,
This is my code :slight_smile:

<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lobster" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">

<style>

  .red-text {

    color: red;

  }

  h2 {

    font-family: Lobster, monospace;

  }

  p {

    font-size: 16px;

    font-family: monospace;

  }

  .thick-green-border {

    border-color: green;

    border-width: 10px;

    border-style: solid;

    border-radius: 50%;

  }

  .smaller-image {

    width: 100px;

  }

  .silver-background{

    background-color : silver;

  }

</style>

<h2 class="red-text">CatPhotoApp</h2>

<main>

  <p class="red-text">Click here to view more <a href="#">cat photos</a>.</p>

  <a href="#"><img class="smaller-image thick-green-border" src="https://bit.ly/fcc-relaxing-cat" alt="A cute orange cat lying on its back."></a>

  <div class="silver-background">

    <p>Things cats love:</p>

    <ul>

      <li>cat nip</li>

      <li>laser pointers</li>

      <li>lasagna</li>

    </ul>

    <p>Top 3 things cats hate:</p>

    <ol>

      <li>flea treatment</li>

      <li>thunder</li>

      <li>other cats</li>

    </ol>

  </div>

  <form action="https://freecatphotoapp.com/submit-cat-photo">

    <label><input type="radio" name="indoor-outdoor" checked> Indoor</label>

    <label><input type="radio" name="indoor-outdoor"> Outdoor</label><br>

    <label><input type="checkbox" name="personality" checked> Loving</label>

    <label><input type="checkbox" name="personality"> Lazy</label>

    <label><input type="checkbox" name="personality"> Energetic</label><br>

    <input type="text" placeholder="cat photo URL" required>

    <button type="submit">Submit</button>

  </form>

</main>

For some reason the code isnt working and I am not able to complete that exercise…

So Please help me …

Thank you!

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Hi @mihirbhave04!

Welcome to the forum!

I have edited your post to include the link for the challenge.

If you have a question about a specific challenge as it relates to your written code for that challenge, just click the Ask for Help button located on the challenge. It will create a new topic with all code you have written and include a link to the challenge also. You will still be able to ask any questions in the post before submitting it to the forum.

The issue is here

Get rid of the space after background-color.

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Thank you so much… It worked :smiley: