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CompuScholar - Web Design - Chapter 6

TermDefinition
<font> Element with attributes to control the size, appearance, and color of text.
Inline Styling Method Writing properties that will be applied in the same line as the mark-up element.
<style> Element with attributes to apply inline CSS properties to an HTML Element.
Property A name to describe things like the color, size, or font style of an element.
Value Assigned to a property to control an element's appearance on a web page; ex. blue
Declaration When a property is combined with a value; formatted as PROPERTY:VALUE;
Declaration Block A set of declarations assigned to a particular style; a list of styles to be applied.
Background-Color Property added to elements to set the color of the background within that element's area.
Color Property that tells the browser what color to make the text; predefined names and hexadecimal numbers.
Font-Size Property that controls the size of the text; predefined names and pixels.
Font-Weight Property that tells the browser if text should be displayed as "normal" or "bold" on the screen.
Predefined Color Names Web-safe colors that all computers, monitors, and web browsers know how to display these colors with exactly the right shades; ex. red.
RGB Colors Each pixel is defined using a red, green, and blue color system; the amount of color is defined by a number between 1 and 255.
Hexadecimal 16 digits (0 through 9 and A through F) that define a specific color; ex. 0000FF.
CMYK Colors Colors mixed together and used in printing; cyan, magenta, yellow, black.
Contrast The visual difference between the letter colors and the background color.
Color Theory Studying colors to help you make good color choices according to how certain colors make you feel, attract attention, or set a mood.
Color Wheel A visual diagram that shows the relationship between 3 primary, 3 secondary, and 6 tertiary colors.
Primary Colors Red, Yellow, Blue
Secondary Colors Green, Orange, Purple
Tertiary Colors Red-Orange, Red-Violet, Yellow-Orange, Yellow-Green, Blue-Violet, and Blue-Green
Analogous Colors Sets of colors that are next to each other on the color wheel; ex. green, yellow-green, yellow
Complementary Colors Two colors that are found directly opposite of one another on the color wheel; ex. green, red
Harmonious Colors A color scheme that is pleasing and balanced to the eye.
Embedded or Internal CSS Defining styles, one at a time, at the top of each web page for each type of HTML element you want to control.
Selector The name of the HTML tag you want to control with a <style> element; ex. p for paragraph
Case Sensitivity Using lowercase letters and consistency when coding to avoid possible problems.
Common Selectors Elements that can be styled using embedded CSS; ex. <body>, <p>, <h1>, <a>
Cascading Concepts Rules that have to be followed when applying properties to elements.
Importance Cascading rule that marks something as "important" and thus overrides all other properties that might apply to an element; "!important"
Inheritance Cascading rule that makes HTML elements inherit traits from elements that contain ex. if you apply a rule to the <body> of the page, all of the <p> and other elements inside the <body> will inherit those properties.
Ordering Cascading rule that makes the later (lower) rules override the properties set by the earlier (higher) rules; if this creates a conflict in the code then the latest (lowest) rule will override the settings from the earlier rule.
Specificity Cascading rule that only apply to subsets of standard selector elements. These more specific rules will override the properties from the more general rules that apply to a broader range of elements.
Inline Properties Cascading rule that will override any other properties that are applied to an element through style rules or inheritance.
External CSS A method of applying style HTML code (on multiple pages) on your website via information saved in a seperate .css file.
<link> Element that links to an external file.
@charset A declaration that should be the first line of a .css file; tells the browser about the character set you are using.
CSS Comments Used to make notes to yourself that are ignored by the browser; use /* to start the comment and */ to end it.
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