$(document).ready(function() {

 /*
 * jQuery Color Animations
 * Copyright 2007 John Resig
 * Released under the MIT and GPL licenses.
 */

(function(jQuery){

 // We override the animation for all of these color styles
 jQuery.each(['backgroundColor', 'borderBottomColor', 'borderLeftColor', 'borderRightColor', 'borderTopColor', 'color', 'outlineColor'], function(i,attr){
 jQuery.fx.step[attr] = function(fx){
 if ( fx.state == 0 ) {
 fx.start = getColor( fx.elem, attr );
 fx.end = getRGB( fx.end );
 }

 fx.elem.style[attr] = "rgb(" + [
 Math.max(Math.min( parseInt((fx.pos * (fx.end[0] - fx.start[0])) + fx.start[0]), 255), 0),
 Math.max(Math.min( parseInt((fx.pos * (fx.end[1] - fx.start[1])) + fx.start[1]), 255), 0),
 Math.max(Math.min( parseInt((fx.pos * (fx.end[2] - fx.start[2])) + fx.start[2]), 255), 0)
 ].join(",") + ")";
 }
 });

 // Color Conversion functions from highlightFade
 // By Blair Mitchelmore
 // http://jquery.offput.ca/highlightFade/

 // Parse strings looking for color tuples [255,255,255]
 function getRGB(color) {
 var result;

 // Check if we're already dealing with an array of colors
 if ( color && color.constructor == Array && color.length == 3 )
 return color;

 // Look for rgb(num,num,num)
 if (result = /rgb\(\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*\)/.exec(color))
 return [parseInt(result[1]), parseInt(result[2]), parseInt(result[3])];

 // Look for rgb(num%,num%,num%)
 if (result = /rgb\(\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*,\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*,\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*\)/.exec(color))
 return [parseFloat(result[1])*2.55, parseFloat(result[2])*2.55, parseFloat(result[3])*2.55];

 // Look for #a0b1c2
 if (result = /#([a-fA-F0-9]{2})([a-fA-F0-9]{2})([a-fA-F0-9]{2})/.exec(color))
 return [parseInt(result[1],16), parseInt(result[2],16), parseInt(result[3],16)];

 // Look for #fff
 if (result = /#([a-fA-F0-9])([a-fA-F0-9])([a-fA-F0-9])/.exec(color))
 return [parseInt(result[1]+result[1],16), parseInt(result[2]+result[2],16), parseInt(result[3]+result[3],16)];

 // Otherwise, we're most likely dealing with a named color
 return colors[jQuery.trim(color).toLowerCase()];
 }

 function getColor(elem, attr) {
 var color;

 do {
 color = jQuery.curCSS(elem, attr);

 // Keep going until we find an element that has color, or we hit the body
 if ( color != '' && color != 'transparent' || jQuery.nodeName(elem, "body") )
 break;

 attr = "backgroundColor";
 } while ( elem = elem.parentNode );

 return getRGB(color);
 };

 // Some named colors to work with
 // From Interface by Stefan Petre
 // http://interface.eyecon.ro/

 var colors = {
 aqua:[0,255,255],
 azure:[240,255,255],
 beige:[245,245,220],
 black:[0,0,0],
 blue:[0,0,255],
 brown:[165,42,42],
 cyan:[0,255,255],
 darkblue:[0,0,139],
 darkcyan:[0,139,139],
 darkgrey:[169,169,169],
 darkgreen:[0,100,0],
 darkkhaki:[189,183,107],
 darkmagenta:[139,0,139],
 darkolivegreen:[85,107,47],
 darkorange:[255,140,0],
 darkorchid:[153,50,204],
 darkred:[139,0,0],
 darksalmon:[233,150,122],
 darkviolet:[148,0,211],
 fuchsia:[255,0,255],
 gold:[255,215,0],
 green:[0,128,0],
 indigo:[75,0,130],
 khaki:[240,230,140],
 lightblue:[173,216,230],
 lightcyan:[224,255,255],
 lightgreen:[144,238,144],
 lightgrey:[211,211,211],
 lightpink:[255,182,193],
 lightyellow:[255,255,224],
 lime:[0,255,0],
 magenta:[255,0,255],
 maroon:[128,0,0],
 navy:[0,0,128],
 olive:[128,128,0],
 orange:[255,165,0],
 pink:[255,192,203],
 purple:[128,0,128],
 violet:[128,0,128],
 red:[255,0,0],
 silver:[192,192,192],
 white:[255,255,255],
 yellow:[255,255,0]
 };

})(jQuery);



 original = $('a').css('color');
 $('a').hover(function() { //mouseover
 var col = 'rgb(' + (Math.floor(Math.random() * 255)) + ',' + (Math.floor(Math.random() * 255)) + ',' + (Math.floor(Math.random() * 255)) + ')';
 $(this).animate({
 'color': col,
 },250);
 },function() { //mouseout
 $(this).animate({
 'color': '#CCC'
 },50);
 });
 });