CSS Vocabulary

CSS

• Cascading Style Sheets

• Computer Style Sheets

• Creative Style Systems

• Colorful Style Sheets

Color

• Color is a property that changes the color of text or things on the webpage.

• Color is a type of font used in web design.

• Color refers to the brightness of an element on a webpage.

• Color is a measurement of the size of an object on the webpage.

Selector

• A selector is a type of HTML tag.

• A selector is a name tag for an item on your webpage that tells CSS which part to style.

• A selector is a JavaScript function.

• A selector is a CSS property that defines the color.

Value

• A value is the setting for the property.

• A value is a type of HTML tag.

• A value is a CSS selector.

• A value is a JavaScript function.

Font-family

• Font-family is the name of the style of letters you want to use.

• Font-family refers to the size of the text in a document.

• Font-family is a property that defines the color of the text.

• Font-family is used to set the spacing between lines of text.

Class

• A class is a type of HTML element.

• A class is a label that you can put on many things to give them the same style. When you set a CSS rule for a class, there must be a period ( . ) in front of the class name.

• A class is a JavaScript function.

• A class is a way to define a variable in CSS.

Border

• A border is a line around an item.

• A border is a type of graphic design.

• A border is a color used in painting.

• A border is a style of typography.

Text-align

• Text-align is the property that controls where the text goes inside its box.

• Text-align is used to set the font size of the text.

• Text-align determines the color of the text.

• Text-align is a property that adds padding to the text.

Background-color

• Background-color is the property that changes the color behind something.

• Background-color is used to set the font style of text.

• Background-color defines the border color of an element.

• Background-color is a property that adjusts the spacing around elements.

Valid Class Names

• font-space

• font space

• 2font

• font_space