SO fiddle

Test Fiddle mainly for SO Questions

by Nick Craver

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8/themes/dot-luv/jquery-ui.css">
<a href="#">I'm a link!</a>

<a href="#">I'm another link!</a>

CSS

a { color: #CC0000; }

JavaScript

$(function() {
  $('a').hover(function() {
    $(this).animate({ color: '#0000CC' }, 1000);
  }, function() {
    $(this).animate({ color: '#CC0000' }, 1000);
  });
});