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HTML

<ul>
    <li class="parent">green</li>
    <li class="parent">red</li>
    <li>ho ho ho</li>
    <li class="parent">green</li>
    <li class="parent">red</li>
</ul>

CSS

.parent,
.parent ~ .parent ~ .parent,
.parent ~ .parent ~ .parent ~ .parent ~ .parent,
.parent ~ .parent ~ .parent ~ .parent ~ .parent ~ .parent ~ .parent
{
    background-color: green;
}

.parent ~ .parent,
.parent ~ .parent ~ .parent ~ .parent,
.parent ~ .parent ~ .parent ~ .parent ~ .parent ~ .parent,
.parent ~ .parent ~ .parent ~ .parent ~ .parent ~ .parent ~ .parent ~ .parent
{
    background-color: red;
}

ul {
    width:100px;
    height: 100px;
    display: block;
}