<ol> with numbers another color

The CSS spec gives an example of doing just this. Unfortunately, while it works on Firefox 3, it doesn't appear to work on IE7:

<html>
<head>
    <style>
        ol { counter-reset: item; }
        ol li { display: block; }
        ol li:before {
            content: counter(item) ". ";
            counter-increment: item;
            color: red;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <ol>
        <li>item</li>
        <li>item</li>
        <li>item</li>
    </ol>
</body>
</html>

Not sure if this works but i think it should:

<li style='color: red;'><span style='color:black;'>test</span></li>

edit
If you cannot edit the html then I'm afraid it's not possible. If you could add javascript to the HTML (once in the head) then you could do it like this:

$(document).ready( function() {
 $('ol li').wrapInner('<span class="black"> </span>').addClass('red');
});

You will need the jQuery library for this.
Then in your CSS just set up a red and a black class with color:red/black declarations.

Here's a solution that also wraps the text for each list item left-aligned below the first line (and not below the list number):

HTML

<ol class="GreenNumbers">
   <li>Long text that might wrap onto a second line.</li>
   <li>Long text that might wrap onto a second line.</li>
   <li>Long text that might wrap onto a second line.</li>
</ol>

CSS

.GreenNumbers {
    list-style-type: none;
}
.GreenNumbers ol {
    margin-left: 2em;
}
.GreenNumbers li {
    counter-increment: count-me;
}
.GreenNumbers li::before {
    content: counter(count-me) ". ";
    display: block;
    position: relative;
    max-width: 0px;
    max-height: 0px;
    left: -1.3em;
    top: .05em;
    color: #008000;
    font-weight: bold;
}

Modern Approach (2021) - ::marker pseudo-element

The introduction of the ::marker pseudo-element makes changing the color (and other styling) of numbers in an ordered list far simpler.

Example:

ol li::marker {
    color: red;
}

Modern browsers already support use of ::marker: https://caniuse.com/css-marker-pseudo

We're at a point where older solutions (workarounds) are no longer necessary and most sites can be comfortable using ::marker today.

Keep in mind that not all properties are available on the marker tag. See the MDN docs for more detail: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/::marker

This should do what you're looking for:

http://archivist.incutio.com/viewlist/css-discuss/67894

HTML

<ol>
    <li>1 some text here</li>
    <li>2 some more text that can span longer than one line</li>
</ol>

CSS

ol { list-style: none; padding-left: 2em; text-indent: -1em;}

li:first-letter { float: left; 
                  font-size: ??; 
                  color: white; 
                  background: orange; 
                  line-height: 1.0; }

Except you'll want to change the color and background according to your design.

This next one is overkill, but gives you a great deal of information on how to style lists:

http://print.wordpress.com/2006/02/22/css-beautifully-numbered-lists/

-Adam

<ol> with numbers another color

Modern Approach (2021) - ::marker pseudo-element

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