# Getting CSS error when adding background-color

**URL:** <https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/getting-css-error-when-adding-background-color/483422>\
**Category:** Curriculum Help\
**Tags:** css, html\
**Created:** [October 27, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/getting-css-error-when-adding-background-color/483422 "2021-10-27T20:02:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![ArielLeslie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/arielleslie/32/264841_2.png) [@ArielLeslie](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/ArielLeslie)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/getting-css-error-when-adding-background-color/483422/6 "2021-10-27T20:19:16Z")

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I’ve edited your post for readability. When you enter a code block into a forum post, please precede it with a separate line of three backticks and follow it with a separate line of three backticks to make it easier to read.

You can also use the “preformatted text” tool in the editor (`</>`) to add backticks around text.

 ![Pre-formatted-text](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/original/3X/1/b/1b18854f1059217f29370444396145cc3a0cd8ae.gif)

See [this post](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/forum-code-formatting/25574) to find the backtick on your keyboard.  
**Note:** Backticks (`) are not single quotes (’).

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