style.css
index.html
/* A link that hasn’t been visited. */
a:link { color: red; }
/* After you’ve visited the link. */
a:visited { color: purple; }
/* Change the color when the mouse is over it. */
a:hover { color: fuchsia; }
/* And when the mouse is clicked. */
a:active { color: maroon; }
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Pseudo-classes</title>
<link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
<p>This is a paragraph with <a href="#">a link</a> in it.</p>
<p>And another one with <a href="/topic/css">another link</a>.</p>
</body>
</html>