Question: add a background property below the background-color property. Set it as a gradient of type linear-gradient that uses --building-color1 as the first color and --window-color1 as the second.
What I Have Done: .bb1a {
width: 70%;
height: 10%;
background-color: var(–building-color1);
background: linear-gradient(–building-color1, --window-color1);
}
Now: why is it showing me incorrect?
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to answer your question, the var() function to get value from css variables, you are not using it