Changing background colour for a few seconds only with jQuery

Question

When clicking on a certain element, I want another element's background to become, say, red for x seconds before coming back to its original colour, all of this without using UI jQuery, only jQuery. Is it possible ?

Answer 1

var $el = $("#my-element"),
    x = 5000,
    originalColor = $el.css("background");

$el.css("background", "red");
setTimeout(function(){
  $el.css("background", originalColor);
}, x);

Answer 2

$("#element1_ID").on('click', function() {  // click on first element
    var bg = $("element2_ID").css('background'); // store original background
    $("element2_ID").css('background', 'red'); //change second element background
    setTimeout(function() {
        $("element2_ID").css('background', bg); // change it back after ...
    }, 1000); // waiting one second
});