How do I create a circle or square with just CSS - with a hollow center?

Question

It should just basically be an outline of the square or circle - that I can style accordingly (i.e. change the color to whatever I want, change the thickness of the border,

Answer 1

Circle Time! :) Easy way of making a circle with a hollow center : use border-radius, give the element a border and no background so you can see through it :

div {
    display: inline-block;
    margin-left: 5px;
    height: 100px;
    border-radius: 100%;
    width:100px;
    border:solid black 2px;
}

body{
    background:url('http://lorempixel.com/output/people-q-c-640-480-1.jpg');
    background-size:cover;
}