If you code: 
  <style type="text/css">
  ul { color: red; font-weight:bold }
  .item { color: black; font-weight:normal }
  </style>
	
	. . .
	
  <ul>
    <li><span class="item">This is item 1</span></li>
    <li><span class="item">This is item 2</span></li>
  </ul>
You change the color of just the list marker: