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HTML

<div></div>

CSS

div {
    height: 200px;
    width: 200px;
    color: black;
    background-image:url(http://dummyimage.com/100x100/000/fff);
    transition: background-image 1s linear;
    -moz-transition: background-image 1s linear;
    -webkit-transition: background-image 1s linear;
    -ms-transition: background-image 1s linear;
}
div:hover {
    background-image:url(http://dummyimage.com/100x100/000/ff0000);
}