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HTML

<ul id="menu">
    <li><a href="#">One</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Two</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Three</a></li>
</ul>

CSS

#menu {
    background-color:grey;
}
#menu li:nth-child(2) {color:red;}
#menu li a:nth-child(2) {color;}