Change the color of all divs then put a border around only some of them.
<html> <head> <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ $("div").css("background", "#c8ebcc") .filter(".middle") .css("color", "red"); }); </script> </head> <body> <body> <div class="middle">asdf</div> <div>asdf</div> </body> </html>