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HTML
<div class="object"><button class="md-close">1</button></div>
<div class="object"><button class="md-close">2</button></div>
<div class="object"><button class="md-close">3</button></div>
<div class="object"><button class="md-close">4</button></div>
CSS
.new {
color: red;
}
JavaScript
$(".md-close").bind('click', function () {
var index = $(".md-close").index($(this));
$(".md-close").eq(index + 1).addClass('new');
});