SO - 17337752

by Nabaraj Saha

HTML

<form>

    <input type="checkbox" value="one" />
    <input type="checkbox" value="two" />
    <input type="checkbox" value="three" />
    <input type="checkbox" value="four" />
    <input type="checkbox" value="five" />

</form>

JavaScript

var names = ["one","two","three"];

$("form :checkbox").filter(function(){
    return $.inArray(this.value, names) > -1
}).addClass("blue")

$("form :checkbox").filter(function(){
    return $.inArray(this.value, names) == -1
}).addClass("green")