Cube

This example shows how to create a cube using 2D transformation methods skewX() and skewY() on pseudo elements.

HTML:

<div class="cube"></div>

CSS:

.cube {
  background: #dc2e2e;
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
  position: relative;
  margin: 50px;
}

.cube::before {
  content: '';
  display: inline-block;
  background: #f15757;
  width: 100px;
  height: 20px;
  transform: skewX(-40deg);
  position: absolute;
  top: -20px;
  left: 8px;
}

.cube::after {
  content: '';
  display: inline-block;
  background: #9e1515;
  width: 16px;
  height: 100px;
  transform: skewY(-50deg);
  position: absolute;
  top: -10px;
  left: 100%;
}

See demo

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