Learn CSS Variables by Building a City Skyline - Step 60

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please help me what am I not doing right I’m frustrated

Your code so far

<!-- file: index.html -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">    
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>City Skyline</title>
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet" />   
  </head>

  <body>
    <div class="background-buildings">
      <div></div>
      <div></div>
      <div class="bb1">
        <div class="bb1a bb1-window"></div>
        <div class="bb1b bb1-window"></div>
        <div class="bb1c bb1-window"></div>
        <div class="bb1d"></div>
      </div>
      <div class="bb2">
        <div class="bb2a"></div>
        <div class="bb2b"></div>
      </div>
      <div class="bb3"></div>
      <div></div>
      <div class="bb4"></div>
      <div></div>
      <div></div>
    </div>

    <div class="foreground-buildings">
      <div></div>
      <div></div>
      <div class="fb1"></div>
      <div class="fb2"></div>
      <div></div>
      <div class="fb3"></div>
      <div class="fb4"></div>
      <div class="fb5"></div>
      <div class="fb6"></div>
      <div></div>
      <div></div>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>
/* file: styles.css */
:root {
  --building-color1: #aa80ff;
  --building-color2: #66cc99;
  --building-color3: #cc6699;
  --building-color4: #538cc6;
  --window-color1: black;
  --window-color2: #8cd9b3;
  --window-color3: #d98cb3;
}

* {
  border: 1px solid black;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

body {
  height: 100vh;
  margin: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.background-buildings, .foreground-buildings {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  display: flex;
  align-items: flex-end;
  justify-content: space-evenly;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
}

/* BACKGROUND BUILDINGS - "bb" stands for "background building" */
.bb1 {
  width: 10%;
  height: 70%;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
}

.bb1a {
  width: 70%;
}
  
.bb1b {
  width: 80%;
}
  
.bb1c {
  width: 90%;
}

.bb1d {
  width: 100%;
  height: 70%;
  background: linear-gradient(
      var(--building-color1) 50%,
      var(--window-color1)
    );
}

.bb1-window {
  height: 10%;
  background: linear-gradient(
      var(--building-color1),
      var(--window-color1)
    );
}

.bb2 {
  width: 10%;
  height: 50%;
}

.bb2a {
  border-bottom: 5vh solid var(--building-color2);
  border-left: 5vw solid transparent;
  border-right: 5vw solid transparent;
}

.bb2b {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  background: repeating-linear-gradient(
      var(--building-color2),
      var(--building-color2) 6%,
      var(--window-color2) 6%,
      var(--window-color2) 9%
    );
}

/* User Editable Region */

.bb3 {
  width: 10%;
  height: 55%;
  background-color: var(--building-color3);
  background: repeating-linear-gradient(
         90deg,
      var(--building-color3),
      var(--building-color3) 7.5%,
      var(--window-color3) 15%,
);
}

/* User Editable Region */

.bb4 {
  width: 11%;
  height: 58%;
  background-color: var(--building-color4);
}

/* FOREGROUND BUILDINGS - "fb" stands for "foreground building" */
.fb1 {
  width: 10%;
  height: 60%;
  background-color: var(--building-color4);
}

.fb2 {
  width: 10%;
  height: 40%;
  background-color: var(--building-color3);
}

.fb3 {
  width: 10%;
  height: 35%;
  background-color: var(--building-color1);
}
  
.fb4 {
  width: 8%;
  height: 45%;
  background-color: var(--building-color1);
  position: relative;
  left: 10%;
}

.fb5 {
  width: 10%;
  height: 33%;
  background-color: var(--building-color2);
  position: relative;
  right: 10%;
}

.fb6 {
  width: 9%;
  height: 38%;
  background-color: var(--building-color3);
}
    

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Challenge Information:

Learn CSS Variables by Building a City Skyline - Step 60

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I don’t think this is technically wrong, but the instructions do not ask you to write “7.5%”

When you don’t specify a distance for a color, it will use the values that makes sense. In this case, the first two colors will default to 0% and 7.5% because it starts at 0%, and 7.5% is half of the 15%.

the first two colors will default to 0% and 7.5% because you leave them empty.

building-color3 for the first two colors, and window-color3 at 15% for the third.

Instructions do not specify a % for the first two colors.

its not working please

Please show your updated code.

.bb3 {
width: 10%;
height: 55%;
background-color: var(–building-color3);
background: repeating-linear-gradient(
90deg,
var(–building-color3) 0,
var(–building-color3) 7.5,
var(–window-color3) 15%,
);
}

Fill in .bb3 with a repeating-linear-gradient. Use 90deg for the direction, your building-color3 for the first two colors, and window-color3 at 15% for the third.

The instructions do not ask you to write 0 or 7.5.

It explains that if you don’t fill in values they will be filled in with automatic defaults.

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so please are you saying i should reset and dont add the values of 0 and 7.5

I didn’t say to reset it, so no. But try what you want and see. If resetting it helps you, go ahead

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thank you so much it worked

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