Return the text-color of a <p> element:
alert(document.getElementById("myP").style.color);
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <p id="myP" style="color:red;">This is an example paragraph.</p> <button type="button" onclick="myFunction()">Return text color of p</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() {//from w w w. ja v a 2s. co m document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = document.getElementById("myP").style.color; } </script> </body> </html>