Title: [Plugin: Contact Form 7] Changing Error Color
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Contact Form 7] Changing Error Color

 *  [psellers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/psellers/)
 * (@psellers)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-contact-form-7-changing-error-color/)
 * I have been working for a few hours trying to change the color of the error boxes.
   I just can’t seem to make it happen.
    I am referring to the box that says “Please
   fill the required field”. I have changed the css for some reason it stays red.
   Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Takayuki Miyoshi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/takayukister/)
 * (@takayukister)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-contact-form-7-changing-error-color/#post-2681422)
 * What color do you want?
 *  Thread Starter [psellers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/psellers/)
 * (@psellers)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-contact-form-7-changing-error-color/#post-2681428)
 * I am looking for maybe a grey background with black text and the red border.
 *  Plugin Author [Takayuki Miyoshi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/takayukister/)
 * (@takayukister)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-contact-form-7-changing-error-color/#post-2681471)
 * Ok. Add this to your theme’s style.css file.
 *     ```
       div.wpcf7 span.wpcf7-not-valid-tip {
       	color: black;
       	background: grey;
       	border: 1px solid red;
       }
       ```
   

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 * Last reply from: [Takayuki Miyoshi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/takayukister/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-contact-form-7-changing-error-color/#post-2681471)
 * Status: not resolved