Simple jQery Test
HTML
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.2.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="container">
<ul>
<li>List Item</li>
<ol>
<li>List Item</li>
</ol>
<li>List Item</li>
<li>List Item</li>
<li>List Item</li>
</ul>
<p>This will be green</p>
<p>This will be black</p>
<p>This will be black</p>
</div>
CSS
ul > li {
color: red;
}
ul li {
//color: blue;
}
ul + p {
color: green;
}
ul ~ p {
//color: yellow;
}