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HTML

<div id="container"> This is a red apple </div>

CSS

#container
{
    position: relative;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

#container:before
{
    content: "This is a ";
    position: absolute;
    z-index: 2
}

#container:after
{
    content: "This is a red";
    color: red;
    position: absolute;
    left: 0;
    top: 0;
    z-index: 1
}