Using jQuery to Change or Set Background-Color

You can change the background-color of any element easily in jQuery. All you need is any of these...

$(this).css('background-color', 'red'); // red
$(this).css('background-color', '#000'); // black
$(this).css('background-color', '#00FF00'); // green

If you are not dealing with a jQuery event-handler (where "this" is available), you can use a selector to get and adjust any element's background-color, like so...

$("#MyElementId").css('background-color', 'red'); // red
$("#MyElementId").css('background-color', '#000'); // black
$("#MyElementId").css('background-color', '#00FF00'); // green

Not only can you change any background color now, but you can use the same process to adjust any part of an element's style.