Something

var Color;
var where = 0;

function initFade(obj) {
	var r, g, b;

	if (obj.className == 'row1')
	{
		r = 251;
		g = 253;
		b = 234;
	}
	else if (obj.className == 'row2')
	{
		r = 251;
		g = 243;
		b = 218;
	}

	Color= new Array(8);
	
	for (var i = 0; i < 8; i++)
	{
		color = new RGBColor("rgb("+ r +", "+g+", "+ b +")");
		Color[i] = color.toHex();
		
		r -= 10;
		g -= 10;
		b -= 10;
	}
}

function fadeIn(obj) {

	if (where <= Color.length) {
		obj.style.backgroundColor=Color[where];
		where += 1;
		setTimeout(function () { fadeIn(obj) }, 50);
	} else {
		setTimeout(function () { fadeOut(obj) }, 50);
	}
}

function fadeOut(obj) {

	if (where >= 0) {
		obj.style.backgroundColor=Color[where];
		where -= 1;
		setTimeout(function () { fadeOut(obj) }, 50)
	}
}