What is CSS syntax ?

First question which are arise in mind for beginner is that what is syntax of css property? Now lets see just simple example to understand css syntax.

Code

body {
color: black;
font-style: italic;
}

There are three parts of syntax

(1) a selector (2) a property (3) a value

In above example selector is "body", a property is "color" and a valude is "black". This will help to understand about css property and its syntax.