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HTML

<div class="myDiv">this is my div with multiple colours. It work's with text too!</div>

CSS

.myDiv  {
position: relative; /*Parent MUST be relative*/
z-index: 9;
background: green;
    
/*Set width/height of the div in 'parent'*/    
width:100px;
height:100px;
}





.myDiv:before {
content: "";
position: absolute;/*set 'child' to be absolute*/
z-index: -1; /*Make this lower so text appears in front*/
   
    
/*You can choose to align it left, right, top or bottom here*/
top: 0; 
right:0;
bottom: 60%;
left: 0;
    
    
background: red;
}