#190: CSS Custom Properties Penetrate the Shadow DOM

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One of the whole points of the Shadow DOM is that it provides encapsulation. No styles out, no styles in. But there are ways “through” the Shadow DOM, and one of them that is pretty cool and useful is using CSS custom properties on particular elements/properties.