Can I alter the properties of an individual link on a HTML page without changing the other links?

Question

Hi there,
I have a contact page created in Dreamweaver and have created an email link to launch Outlook when clicked on. However, all the links in my design have been set a certain way, i.e. white text knocked out of darker background. My email link however, is on white background so you can't see it against the white. I want to go in and simply change the color property of the email link without changing the other link colours on the page. I've tried but without luck. Is this possible to do?
Thanks in advance for any help!

Answer 1

Hello and thank you for your answer. I'm still a little confuse though.
My existing HTML looks like this:
<p><a href="[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br />
My link preferences are for the who page and are at the top and look like this:
a:link {
    color: #FFFFFF;
    text-decoration: none;
a:visited {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #FFFFFF;
a:hover {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #CCCCCC;
a:active {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #CCCCCC;
.style2 {font-size: 14.5px}
.style3 {color: #FFFFFF}
Where exactly should I insert the new link ID that you suggested <a id="special_colors" href="url...">link text</a>
Also, where exactly should I place the following in relation to the CSS document
a#special_colors:link {color: red;}
> a#special_colors:hover {color: green;}
Sorry but this is all quite new to me. Thank you for your patience and help.