Jquery animate rainbow color change

Question

Let's say I have this image:

The color of the line is a gradient from yellow to purple. Now my question is this: is there a way to create a gif or use jquery or another form of javascript to make an endless animation of colors changing from left to right?

Appreciate any help :)

Answer 1

What you are trying to do can be done using sprite animations.

Basically, you can use jQuery to quickly change the background position of an element that creates an illusion of animation.

There is a simple little plugin for this, but you can also write yourself down easily.

http://spritely.net/documentation/