Cancel a CSS declaration

Question

Is it possible to have a CSS rule which basically \"undoes\" a prior rule?

An example:

    some text more text ot         


        

Answer 1

My CSS is a bit rusty, but this should work:

blockquote {
    color: red;
}

blockquote em {
    color: inherit;
}

You are setting blockquotes to red, but all 's that are contained in a blockquote should inherit... hmmm, should they inherit from the surrounding text, or from the blockquote?

If the above does not work as you want, then there is no way to do it with the current markup, I think. You would have to work with additional markup, or set the colour explicitltly, e.g.

blockquote em {
        color: Purple;
}