# Finishing Touches

Finishing Touches: Finishing Touches: Rounded Corners, Shadows and Gradients.

Updated: November 10, 2026

1. [Finishing Touches: Rounded Corners, Shadows and Gradients](https://www.ask-codey.com/lessons/css-shadows-corners-gradients) (Apprentice): border-radius rounds corners, a soft layered box-shadow lifts a card off the page, linear-gradient() and radial-gradient() blend colors in a background, and opacity fades a whole element, and each looks best used sparingly.

Source: https://www.ask-codey.com/courses/css-in-depth/topics/css-finishing-touches