CSS “color” vs. “font-color”

Question

Anyone know why CSS provides color for text, but does not have font-color or text-color?

Seems very counter-intuitive, kind of

Answer 1

I know this is an old post but as MisterZimbu stated, the color property is defining the values of other properties, as the border-color and, with CSS3, of currentColor.

currentColor is very handy if you want to use the font color for other elements (as the background or custom checkboxes and radios of inner elements for example).

Example:

.element {
  color: green;
  background: red;
  display: block;
  width: 200px;
  height: 200px;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
}

.innerElement1 {
  border: solid 10px;
  display: inline-block;
  width: 60px;
  height: 100px;
  margin: 10px;
}

.innerElement2 {
  background: currentColor;
  display: inline-block;
  width: 60px;
  height: 100px;
  margin: 10px;
}