Title: html color code not working
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# html color code not working

 *  [thetreehouse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thetreehouse/)
 * (@thetreehouse)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-color-code-not-working/)
 * For some reason the text is showing up gray, bot black. I have tried using other
   black codes and that didn’t help. The color thats showing up isn’t even the default
   header color. Does anyone know why this could be happening?
 * `<h1><span style="color: #000000;"><small><small><small><strong>The Treehouse
   shows our appreciation to our customers by offering the following services:</
   strong></small></small></small></span></h1>`
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 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-color-code-not-working/#post-3988928)
 * This is what is in your source code
    `<span style="color: #19070B;">`
 *  [myfreelance101](https://wordpress.org/support/users/myfreelance101/)
 * (@myfreelance101)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-color-code-not-working/#post-3988976)
 * <h1><span style=”color: #000000;”><small><small><small>**The Treehouse shows 
   our appreciation to our customers by offering the following services:**</small
   ></small></small></span></h1>
 * Whatever color you use will not work because you are targeting [span-small], 
   you should be targeting the text itself.
 * 1. A quick way to fix:
    modify the small class color value. small { color: #000;}
 * 2. Another way to do this:
    remove the small class in there.
 *  <h1><span style=”color: #000000; font-size: 16px; “>**The Treehouse shows our
   appreciation to our customers by offering the following services:**</span></h1
   >
 * Let me know if that helps.
 * cheers
 *  Thread Starter [thetreehouse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thetreehouse/)
 * (@thetreehouse)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-color-code-not-working/#post-3989175)
 * myfreelance101 Yes that worked, thank you!!!!! I did option 2. This was making
   me absolutely bonkers!

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 * Last reply from: [thetreehouse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thetreehouse/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html-color-code-not-working/#post-3989175)
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