jQuery animate to transparent - easier solution?

Question

I want to animate background from coloured to transparent. I have code like this:

$(\'.selector\')
.animate({
        \'background-color\' : \'transparent\'
}, 2         


        

Answer 1

css

.animated {-webkit-transition:background 0.4s ease;-moz-transition:background 0.5s ease;-ms-background 0.5s ease;background 0.5s ease;}
.selector {background:red}
.transparent_background {background: transparent};

html

js

$(".selector").addClass("transparent_background");

http://jsfiddle.net/UEyc6/