startColor = "#ffffff";
endColor = "#02b6f8";

stepIn = 20;
stepOut = 20;

autoFade = true; 
sloppyClass = true; 

hexa = new makearray(16); 
for(var i = 0; i < 10; i++) 
hexa[i] = i; 
hexa[10]="a"; hexa[11]="b"; hexa[12]="c"; 
hexa[13]="d"; hexa[14]="e"; hexa[15]="f"; 

document.onmouseover = domouseover; 
document.onmouseout = domouseout; 

startColor = dehexize(startColor.toLowerCase()); 
endColor = dehexize(endColor.toLowerCase()); 

var fadeId = new Array(); 

function dehexize(Color) {
   var colorArr = new makearray(3); 
   for (i=1; i<7; i++) {
      for (j=0; j<16; j++) {
         if (Color.charAt(i) == hexa[j]) {
            if (i%2 !=0)
               colorArr[Math.floor((i-1)/2)]=eval(j)*16;
            else 
               colorArr[Math.floor((i-1)/2)]+=eval(j);
         }
      }
   }
   return colorArr;
} 

function domouseover() {
   if(document.all) {
      var srcElement = event.srcElement;
      if ((srcElement.tagName == "A" && autoFade) || srcElement.className == "fade" || (sloppyClass && srcElement.className.indexOf("fade") != -1))
         fade(startColor,endColor,srcElement.uniqueID,stepIn);
      }
}

function domouseout() {
   if (document.all) {
      var srcElement = event.srcElement;
      if ((srcElement.tagName == "A" && autoFade) || srcElement.className == "fade" || (sloppyClass && srcElement.className.indexOf("fade") != -1))
         fade(endColor,startColor,srcElement.uniqueID,stepOut);
      }
}

function makearray(n) {
   this.length = n;
   for(var i = 1; i <= n; i++)
      this[i] = 0;
   return this;
}

function hex(i) {
   if (i < 0)
      return "00";
   else if (i > 255)
      return "ff";
   else
      return "" + hexa[Math.floor(i/16)] + hexa[i%16];
}

function setColor(r, g, b, element) {
   var hr = hex(r); var hg = hex(g); var hb = hex(b);
   element.style.color = "#"+hr+hg+hb;
} 

function fade(s,e, element,step) {
   var sr = s[0]; var sg = s[1]; var sb = s[2];
   var er = e[0]; var eg = e[1]; var eb = e[2];

   if (fadeId[0] != null && fade[0] != element) {
      setColor(sr,sg,sb,eval(fadeId[0]));
      var i = 1;
      while(i < fadeId.length) {
         clearTimeout(fadeId[i]);
         i++;
      }
   } 

   for(var i = 0; i <= step; i++) {
      fadeId[i+1] = setTimeout("setColor(Math.floor(" +sr+ " *(( " +step+ " - " +i+ " )/ " +step+ " ) + " +er+ " * (" +i+ "/" + step+ ")),Math.floor(" +sg+ " * (( " +step+ " - " +i+ " )/ " +step+ " ) + " +eg+ " * (" +i+ "/" +step+ ")),Math.floor(" +sb+ " * ((" +step+ "-" +i+ ")/" +step+ ") + " +eb+ " * (" +i+ "/" +step+ ")),"+element+");",i*step);
   }
   fadeId[0] = element;
}