diff --git a/wp-admin/admin-functions.php b/wp-admin/admin-functions.php
index 14349e3d7e..633922fc6c 100644
--- a/wp-admin/admin-functions.php
+++ b/wp-admin/admin-functions.php
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ function cat_rows($parent = 0, $level = 0, $categories = 0) {
 				$count = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT COUNT(post_id) FROM $wpdb->post2cat WHERE category_id = $category->cat_ID");
 				$pad = str_repeat('— ', $level);
 
-				$bgcolor = ('#eee' == $bgcolor) ? 'none' : '#eee';
-				echo "<tr style='background-color: $bgcolor'><th scope='row'>$category->cat_ID</th><td>$pad $category->cat_name</td>
+				$class = ('alternate' == $class) ? '' : 'alternate';
+				echo "<tr class='$class'><th scope='row'>$category->cat_ID</th><td>$pad $category->cat_name</td>
 				<td>$category->category_description</td>
 				<td>$count</td>
 				<td><a href='categories.php?action=edit&amp;cat_ID=$category->cat_ID' class='edit'>" . __('Edit') . "</a></td><td><a href='categories.php?action=Delete&amp;cat_ID=$category->cat_ID' onclick=\"return confirm('".  sprintf(__("You are about to delete the category \'%s\'.  All of its posts will go to the default category.\\n  \'OK\' to delete, \'Cancel\' to stop."), addslashes($category->cat_name)) . "')\" class='delete'>" .  __('Delete') . "</a></td>
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-comments.php b/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
index 3719bb4cf4..7511e16a90 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
@@ -120,9 +120,9 @@ if ('view' == $mode) {
   </tr>';
 		foreach ($comments as $comment) {
 		$authordata = get_userdata($wpdb->get_var("SELECT post_author FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE ID = $comment->comment_post_ID"));
-		$bgcolor = ('#eee' == $bgcolor) ? 'none' : '#eee';
+		$class = ('alternate' == $class) ? '' : 'alternate';
 ?>
-  <tr style='background-color: <?php echo $bgcolor; ?>'>
+  <tr class='<?php echo $class; ?>'>
     <td><?php if (($user_level > $authordata->user_level) or ($user_login == $authordata->user_login)) { ?><input type="checkbox" name="delete_comments[]" value="<?php echo $comment->comment_ID; ?>" /><?php } ?></td>
     <td><?php comment_author_link() ?></td>
     <td><?php comment_author_email_link() ?></td>
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit.php b/wp-admin/edit.php
index 5c8d585f51..22924efdaf 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit.php
@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ include(ABSPATH.'wp-blog-header.php');
 if ($posts) {
 $bgcolor = '';
 foreach ($posts as $post) { start_wp();
-$bgcolor = ('#eee' == $bgcolor) ? 'none' : '#eee';
+$class = ('alternate' == $class) ? '' : 'alternate';
 ?> 
-  <tr style='background-color: <?php echo $bgcolor; ?>'> 
+  <tr class='<?php echo $class; ?>'> 
     <th scope="row"><?php echo $id ?></th> 
     <td><?php the_time('Y-m-d \<\b\r \/\> g:i:s a'); ?></td> 
     <td><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="permalink">