Point one style class to another?

Question

I have a css class like:

.foo {
  background-color: red;
}

then I have a class specified for a list:

.list1 li {
  background-c         


        

Answer 1

to help clarify what is meant by overriding, if you want .list1 li to carry all the styles of foo, but just want to change it's color to tan, i would do this:

  
    TEXT WITH INHERITED STYLE GOES HERE