How to colour the list-style-type auto-generated numbers?

Question

I\'m using the following list:

    
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Answer 1

These days you can just use ::marker;

Example:

li::marker {
  color: #f90;
}

More here, including the browser compat table: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/::marker#Browser_compatibility