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Who gets the inheritance?
Sniff, sniff; the <body> element has gone to that
great browser in the sky. But he left behind a lot of
descendants and a big inheritance of color “green”.
Below, you'll find his family tree. Mark all the
descendants that inherit the <body> element's color
green. Don't forget to look at the CSS below first.
Here's our solution:
h 1
a n d
h 2
g e t
t h
e i n
h e ri
t a n c
e
b e
c a u
s e t
h e y
d o n
' t h
a ve
a c o
l o r
p r
o pe
r t y ,
s o
t h e y
i n h
e rit
t h
e i r
body
c o
l o r
fr o
m b
o d y .
L u
c ky
t h e m
!
p
p
h1
h2
h2
blockquote
a
em
a
img
p
p
em
em
a
Unfo
rtunat
ely for
these e
m
elem
ents, th
ey are
children
of p
arents
that ov
erride t
he
body
color,
the p e
lement.
So t
hey don
't get
any colo
r
inhe
ritance
from b
ody.
img is a
child
of p, s
o img
doesn't
inheri
t the c
olor fr
om
body. i
mg wou
ldn't g
et a co
lor
inherit
ance an
yway
(poor g
uy).
