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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
span {
  color: blue;
  border:1px solid black;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Set inherit with JavaScript</h1>
<div>Here is <span>a span element</span> inside an element with no color property set.
  <div style="color:green">
    Here is <span id="mySpan">a span element</span> inside an element with color:green.
  </div>
  <div style="color:red">
    Here is <span>a span element</span> inside an element with color:red.
  </div>
</div>
<p>Click the "Try it" button to set the value of the color property to "inherit" for the second SPAN element:</p>
<button onclick="myFunction()">Try it</button>
<script>
function myFunction() {
  document.getElementById("mySpan").style.color = "inherit";
}
</script>
</body>
</html>