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HTML

<table> 
    <tr>
        <td>a</td> <!-- starting from here -->
        <td>b</td>
        <td>c</td>
        <td>d</td>
        <td>e</td>
        <td>f</td> <!-- selects this one -->
        <td>g</td>
    </tr>
</table>

CSS

table td+td+td+td+td+td{
    background-color: red;
}