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%%  Example 03-02-5 on page 120.
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\documentclass[]{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength\textwidth{153.70511pt}
\setlength\parindent{0pt}

\usepackage[table]{xcolor}

\begin{document}
\rowcolors[\hline]{3}{green!25}{yellow!50}
\arrayrulecolor{red!75!gray}\newcommand*\No{\number\rownum}
\begin{tabular}{ll}
 column 1 & row \number\rownum\\
 column 1 & row \No\\ column 1 & row \No\\
 column 1 & row \No\\\arrayrulecolor{black}
 column 1 & row \No\\ column 1 & row \No\\
 \rowcolor{blue!25} column 1 & row \No\\
\hiderowcolors% prevent colouring
 column 1 & row \No\\ column 1 & row \No\\
 column 1 & row \No\\
\showrowcolors% colouring: activate!
 column 1 & row \No\\ column 1 & row \No\\
\multicolumn{1}{>{\columncolor{red!40}}l}{column 1}
   & row \number\rownum\\
\end{tabular}
\end{document}