Can I color table columns using CSS without coloring individual cells?

Answer 1

I would use the nth-child css pseudo-class for this:

tr td:nth-child(2), tr th:nth-child(2), tr td:nth-child(3), tr td:nth-child(4), tr th:nth-child(4), tr td:nth-child(6), tr td:nth-child(7){
    background-color: #DDD;
}

tr td:nth-child(2),
tr th:nth-child(2),
tr td:nth-child(3),
tr td:nth-child(4),
tr th:nth-child(4),
tr td:nth-child(6),
tr td:nth-child(7) {
  background-color: #DDD;
}

  

    
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