# Styling via style attribute in JavaScript

Let's remember how to style elements using the `style` attribute. Let's say we have the following element:

`<div id="elem"> text </div>`

Let's get a reference to it into a variable:

`let elem = document.querySelector('#elem');`

We change the styles for it:

`elem.style.color = 'red';`

We read its styles:

`console.log(elem.style.color); // shows 'red';`
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