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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<style type="text/css">
.Default {
background-color:white
}
.Black {
background-color:black;
color:white
}
.Blue {
background-color:Cyan;
}
.Brown {
background-color:brown;
}
.Green {
background-color:green;
}
.Gray {
background-color:gray;
}
.Lime {
background-color:lime;
}
.Orange {
background-color:orange;
}
</style>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.0/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var selectedScheme = 'Default';
$('#color_scheme').change(function(){
$('span').removeClass(selectedScheme).addClass($(this).val());
selectedScheme = $(this).val();
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<select name="color_scheme" id="color_scheme">
<option selected="selected">Default</option>
<option>Black</option>
<option>Blue</option>
<option>Brown</option>
<option>Green</option>
<option>Gray</option>
<option>Lime</option>
<option>Orange</option>
</select>
<span class="Default">Some text here</span>
</body>
</html>
don't use jQuery or any other frameworks, you'll rob yourself of learning anything meaningful