Forum:Tables - can a single cell with two lines have each line a different colour?

In a table with a structure like this:

is it possible to make the text "extra line" have a white background? EmmerdaleWiki   Talk      13:44, February 22, 2012 (UTC)


 * It might be easier regardless if I redesign it slightly thus:

Could someone help me get rid of the visible line in between the two rows please? EmmerdaleWiki   Talk      14:32, February 22, 2012 (UTC)


 * Maybe a way to make the line white? Iggyvolz 15:30, February 22, 2012 (UTC)


 * If that's the easiest/only available option it would certainly do. Sometimes the line would need to be a colour other than white so something that hides the line would be preferable. Other than that as long as I can customise the colour for each part of the line individually that would be fine. EmmerdaleWiki    Talk      16:07, February 22, 2012 (UTC)


 * I didn't make the line white, I made the cell after "first line" span 2 rows. -- Fandyllic (talk &middot; contr) 22 Feb 2012 8:42 AM Pacific
 * Thanks, but that hasn't hidden the line between "first line" and "second line". Is it possible to hide or make this line white? Or perhaps the original querry is possible? EmmerdaleWiki    Talk      16:56, February 22, 2012 (UTC)

I hoped someone would have come up with a solution by now :( To change sliightly what I said yesterday in reply to Iggyvolz, what I want is actually just three looks - all white cells, all single-coloured cells (both of which can be done with row-span in the second method), and cells with the top half coloured and the bottom half white. So, yes, if the line can be made to go white that would definitely do the trick. Can anyone help, please? EmmerdaleWiki    Talk      13:39, February 23, 2012 (UTC)


 * Although, when I say "white" I actually mean the standard colour the table cells come in. If the grid lines can only be changed to white though, it wouldn't be a problem to make the cells white, too. In fact, every reference to "white" on this page ought to be read as "clear"! Sorry about that! EmmerdaleWiki    Talk      13:43, February 23, 2012 (UTC)
 * Or maybe the cell can be changed to gray, so it blends in with the line? Iggyvolz 15:49, February 23, 2012 (UTC)
 * The problem with that is the blank cells will be darker than I'd intended (which is important as there needs to be a distinction between 'empty' cells and 'filled-in' cells), and it will also in the process hide the vertical lines, which I'd like to keep.
 * Why did you ask yesterday "Maybe a way to make the line white?" if you don't actually know a way of doing this? It's a solution I've said is suitable, yet you seem unable to tell me how to do it? :(