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1. kevinandjannbradford
   Member
   Dec 13, 2012, 4:45 PM

   Hello. I am trying to darken the color of the header text (e.g. the grey word HOME on the home page) in my Oxygen themed blog so that it shows up better against the background. I couldn't find anywhere to do this in the theme, so I am trying to utilize CSS. I am trying to use CSS code like below with no effect:
   h1 {
   color: red;
   }
   However, I can get the background to change using the following:
   h1 {
   background-color: blue;
   }
   Can anyone help me understand what I need to do differently to darken just the header text?

   Thanks!

   The blog I need help with is kevinandjannbradford.com.

2. houstonweaver
   Member
   Dec 15, 2012, 1:33 AM

   I had to put in the important designation to get this to work. Try this:

   .entry-title{color:red!important;}

3. realismbegins
   Member
   Dec 15, 2012, 1:44 AM

   If you use css or html there is a table of colour codes to use. You don't have to stick with the basic ones.

   http://www.immigration-usa.com/html_colors.html

4. houstonweaver
   Member
   Dec 15, 2012, 1:48 AM

   @realism... Yes, I like the one at http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_colorpicker.asp because of the way it shows lighter and darker shades of your color.

5. realismbegins
   Member
   Dec 15, 2012, 1:55 AM

   Thanks Houston.

   Happy to help.

6. kevinandjannbradford
   Member
   Dec 15, 2012, 9:52 AM

   That (!important) worked great, thank you both!

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