HTML Element Style How to - Style lists with various colors

Question

We would like to know how to style lists with various colors.

Answer


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style type='text/css'>
ul li {<!--  w  w w  .  j  a  v a  2  s . c  o m-->
  color: blue;
  font-size: 2.0em;
}

ul li span {
  color: black;
}

ul.red-dots-green-text li {
  color: red;
  font-size: 2.0em;
}

ul.red-dots-green-text li span {
  color: green;
}

ul.yellow-squares-blue-text li {
  color: yellow;
  font-size: 2.0em;
  list-style: square;
}

ul.yellow-squares-blue-text li span {
  color: blue;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
  <ul>
    <li><span>first</span></li>
    <li><span>second</span></li>
    <li><span>third</span></li>
  </ul>
  <ul class="red-dots-green-text">
    <li><span>first</span></li>
    <li><span>second</span></li>
    <li><span>third</span></li>
  </ul>
  <ul class="yellow-squares-blue-text">
    <li><span>first</span></li>
    <li><span>second</span></li>
    <li><span>third</span></li>
  </ul>
</body>
</html>

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