fix implicit defaulting of ‘color’ at :root (w3c#6774)

delan · Apr 15, 2022 · ce77850 · ce77850
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diff --git a/css-pseudo-4/Overview.bs b/css-pseudo-4/Overview.bs
@@ -704,12 +704,6 @@ Styling Highlights</h3>
   like 'fill-color'
   must not be treated as highlight colors.
 
-  The 'color' property specifies the color of both the text
-  and all line decorations (underline, overline, line-through)
-  and emphasis marks ('text-emphasis')
-  applied to the text
-  by the <a>originating element</a> and its ancestors and descendants.
-
 <!-- Add this back if for some reason someone wants to implement 'outline'?
   The outline, if supported, must be drawn
   around the union of the active portions of the <a>highlight overlay</a>
@@ -740,17 +734,6 @@ Default UA Styles</h3>
   and doing so is recommended
   for ''::selection'' and ''::target-text''.
 
-  Otherwise,
-  the default highlight colors for that highlight must be
-  'currentColor' (<em>not</em> 'initial' or 'inherit')
-  and 'transparent' respectively.
-  In other words,
-  when the UA doesn’t define default highlight colors
-  for a given highlight,
-  highlighted content retains the 'color'
-  that would otherwise have been used
-  without that highlight.
-
   Note: the painting behavior of highlight colors
   means that default highlight colors
   can't be expressed in terms of 'color' and 'background-color'
@@ -827,6 +810,11 @@ Cascading and Per-Element Highlight Styles</h3>
   of its <a>originating element</a>'s parent element
   (regardless of whether that property is an <a>inherited property</a>).
 
+  For the root element,
+  the [=inherited value=] of 'color'
+  is ''currentColor'',
+  not the [=initial value=].
+
     <wpt>
     css/css-pseudo/active-selection-051.html
     css/css-pseudo/active-selection-052.html