jQuery numeric backgroundColor animation
<p>I know you need the a jQuery Color Plugin or jQuery UI to animate between colors if you want to use the .animate() method.  </p>

<p>Would it be possible to use jQuery to animate grey numbers... like #333 to #999 <em>without</em> this plugin?</p>

<p>If that sounds possible, would anyone like to venture what it would look like as code? </p>
