HTML & CSS · Junior · Question 17 of 75

Which of these properties is inherited by child elements by default?

Explanation

Mostly text properties are inherited: color, font-*, line-height, text-align, visibility. Box model properties (border, padding, margin, width) and backgrounds are not. You can force inheritance with the inherit value.

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