More work for you without CSS
Now let's pretend that I'm your boss. I come to you and say "John, from now on I want our site to show the company colors. You need to make the site background red like our logo, and the titles yellow like our logo border."
After your stomach settles, you're able to proceed with the task. Let's edit the pages so they look like what the boss wants
<html>
<head>
<title>Ugly Colors, Inc.</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor="red">
<h1>
<font color="yellow">Ugly Colors R Us - Home Page</font>
</h1>
<font size="3" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
Hello there, welcome to the home of ugly colors!
</font>
</body>
</html>
<head>
<title>Ugly Colors, Inc.</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor="red">
<h1>
<font color="yellow">Ugly Colors R Us - Home Page</font>
</h1>
<font size="3" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
Hello there, welcome to the home of ugly colors!
</font>
</body>
</html>
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<html>
<head>
<title>Ugly Colors, Inc.</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor="red">
<h1><font color="yellow">Ugly Colors R Us - About Us</font></>
<font size="3" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
We are just a bunch of ugly color loving folks!
</font>
</body>
</html>
<head>
<title>Ugly Colors, Inc.</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor="red">
<h1><font color="yellow">Ugly Colors R Us - About Us</font></>
<font size="3" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
We are just a bunch of ugly color loving folks!
</font>
</body>
</html>
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