Color coding a single cell in list with jquery

Question

based on this jquery that worked, how do I change it to color code a single cell instead of the whole row? I also need 3 colors

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function(){ 

    $("td.ms-vb2").each( function () {

       if($(this).text() == "VALUE"){
       $(this).parent("tr").css("background-color", "#F5A9A9");
       //$(this).closest("tr").css("background-color", "#F5A9A9");
       }      


    });


});
</script>

Answer 1

Try this

$("td .ms-vb2:contains('value')").css("color", "Red");

Or in your code, in if condition, try to use

$(this).css("background-color", "#F5A9A9");