You can suggest this presentation in a style sheet. First, specify colors for normal links, like this: a:link {color: blue; background: white} a:visited {color: purple; background: white} a:active {color: red; background: white} Next, identify the links that you want to have different colors. You can use the CLASS attribute in your HTML, like this: <a class="example1" href="[URL]">[link text]</a> Then, in your style sheet, use a selector for links with this CLASS attribute, like this: a.example1:link {color: yellow; background: black} a.example1:visited {color: white; background: black} a.example1:active {color: red; background: black} Alternatively, you can identify an element that contains the links that you want to have different colors, like this: <div class="example2">... <a href="[URL]">[link text]</a>... <a href="[URL]">[link text]</a>... <a href="[URL]">[link text]</a>... </div> Then, in your style sheet, use a selector for links in this containing element, like this: .example2 a:link {color: yellow; background: black} .example2 a:visited {color: white; background: black} .example2 a:active {color: red; background: black}