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HTML

<ul>
    <li><a href="#">Item1</a></li>
    <li><a class="home" href="#">Special Image Link Here</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Item1</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Item1</a></li>
</ul>

CSS

li  {
    display: inline-block;
}
li a {color: red; background-color: yellow;}
li a:hover {color: white; background-color: green;}
li a:hover.home {color: yellow; background-color: black;}