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title: "Change background color of table cell or row in asp.net"  
description: "Change background color of table cell or row in asp.net"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2014-11-13  
updated: 2014-11-14  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/12579/change-background-color-of-table-cell-or-row-in-asp-dot-net  
category: "asp.net"  
tags: ["webforms", "css"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Change background color of table cell or row in asp.net

In a [Visual](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/audio/1147/through-the-lens-a-visual-exploration-of-the-world) Basic [WEB APPLICATION](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13069/progressive-web-application-pwas-all-you-need-to-know-about) [program](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/12337/scaling-up-your-mentorship-program) that shows 2 column, multi-row table with [questions](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/124895/hp-hpe0-s54-cheat-sheet-exam-questions-bank-for-guaranteed-success) down the left column, and [answers](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/156899/salesforce-marketing-cloud-interview-questions-answers) down the right column, how can I set the [background color](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/12937/how-to-style-togglebutton-so-that-the-background-color-is-white) of a specific cell OR an [entire row](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/46828/if-i-buy-an-entire-row-of-seats-on-a-long-flight-so-no-one-is-next-to-me-can-the-airline-sell-one-of-my-empty-seats-to-someone-or-will-they-respect-the-fact-that-the-empty-seats-are-mine-to-do-as-i-p)? (that's how I'll indicate [selection](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/60/populate-records-in-second-listbox-according-to-the-selection-in-first-list-box))

## Replies

### Reply by Manoj Bhatt

```
<table>            <tr>                <th>Column1</th>                <th>Column2</th>            </tr>            <tr>                <td style="background-color:gray;">Question 1</td>                <td>Answer 1</td>            </tr>            <tr>                <td>Question 2</td>                <td>Answer 2</td>            </tr>            <tr style="background-color:yellow;">                <td>Question 3</td>                <td>Answer 4</td>            </tr>        </table>
```


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