JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div class="one"></div>
<div class="two"></div>
<div class="three"></div>
<div class="four"></div>
<div class="fiv"></div>

CSS

div { height: 100px; width: 100px; background-color: black; margin: 10px; }

JavaScript

var theQueue = $({})

$('div').each(function(index, div) {
    theQueue.queue('flash', function(next) {    
        $(div).animate({
            backgroundColor: 'red'
        }, 500, function() {
            next();
        });    
    });
});

theQueue.dequeue('flash');