Simplify my jQuery code, which is growing huge and redundant

Question

I am no jQuery expert, but I'm learning. I'm using a bit (growing to a LOT) of jQuery to hide some images and show a single image when a thumb is clicked. While this bit of jQuery works, it's horribly inefficient but I am unsure of how to simplify this to something that works on more of a universal level.

<script>


$(document).ready(function () {

// Changing the Materials
$("a#shirtred").click(function () {
    $("#selectMaterials img").removeClass("visible");
    $("img.selectShirtRed").addClass("visible");
});

$("a#shirtgrey").click(function () {
    $("#selectMaterials img").removeClass("visible");
    $("img.selectShirtGrey").addClass("visible");
});

$("a#shirtgreen").click(function () {
    $("#selectMaterials img").removeClass("visible");
    $("img.selectShirtGreen").addClass("visible");
});

$("a#shirtblue").click(function () {
    $("#selectMaterials img").removeClass("visible");
    $("img.selectShirtBlue").addClass("visible");
});

// Changing the Collars
$("a#collarred").click(function () {
    $("#selectCollar img").removeClass("visible");
    $("img.selectCollarRed").addClass("visible");
});

$("a#collargrey").click(function () {
    $("#selectCollar img").removeClass("visible");
    $("img.selectCollarGrey").addClass("visible");
});

$("a#collargreen").click(function () {
    $("#selectCollar img").removeClass("visible");
    $("img.selectCollarGreen").addClass("visible");
});

$("a#collarblue").click(function () {
    $("#selectCollar img").removeClass("visible");
    $("img.selectCollarBlue").addClass("visible");
});

// Changing the Cuffs
$("a#cuffred").click(function () {
    $("#selectCuff img").removeClass("visible");
    $("img.selectCuffRed").addClass("visible");
});

$("a#cuffgrey").click(function () {
    $("#selectCuff img").removeClass("visible");
    $("img.selectCuffGrey").addClass("visible");
});

$("a#cuffblue").click(function () {
    $("#selectCuff img").removeClass("visible");
    $("img.selectCuffBlue").addClass("visible");
});

$("a#cuffgreen").click(function () {
    $("#selectCuff img").removeClass("visible");
    $("img.selectCuffGreen").addClass("visible");
});

// Changing the Pockets
$("a#pocketred").click(function () {
    $("#selectPocket img").removeClass("visible");
    $("img.selectPocketRed").addClass("visible");
});

$("a#pocketgrey").click(function () {
    $("#selectPocket img").removeClass("visible");
    $("img.selectPocketGrey").addClass("visible");
});

$("a#pocketblue").click(function () {
    $("#selectPocket img").removeClass("visible");
    $("img.selectPocketBlue").addClass("visible");
});

$("a#pocketgreen").click(function () {
    $("#selectPocket img").removeClass("visible");
    $("img.selectPocketGreen").addClass("visible");
});

});
</scrip>

<!-- Thumbnails which can be clicked on to toggle the larger preview image -->


        <div class="materials">
    <a href="javascript:;" id="shirtgrey"><img src="/grey_shirt.png" height="122" width="122" /></a> 
    <a href="javascript:;" id="shirtred"><img src="red_shirt.png" height="122" width="122" /></a> 
    <a href="javascript:;" id="shirtblue"><img src="hblue_shirt.png" height="122" width="122" /></a> 
    <a href="javascript:;" id="shirtgreen"><img src="green_shirt.png" height="122" width="122" /></a> 
    </div>


    <div class="collars">
    <a href="javascript:;" id="collargrey"><img  src="grey_collar.png" height="122" width="122" /></a> 
    <a href="javascript:;" id="collarred"><img  src="red_collar.png" height="122" width="122" /></a> 
    <a href="javascript:;" id="collarblue"><img  src="blue_collar.png" height="122" width="122" /></a> 
    <a href="javascript:;" id="collargreen"><img  src="green_collar.png" height="122" width="122" /></a>
    </div>

    <div class="cuffs">
    <a href="javascript:;" id="cuffgrey"><img  src="grey_cuff.png" height="122" width="122" /></a> 
    <a href="javascript:;" id="cuffred"><img  src="red_cuff.png" height="122" width="122" /></a> 
    <a href="javascript:;" id="cuffblue"><img  src="blue_cuff.png" height="122" width="122" /></a> 
    <a href="javascript:;" id="cuffgreen"><img  src="/green_cuff.png" height="122" width="122" /></a>
    </div>

    <div class="pockets">
    <a href="javascript:;" id="pocketgrey"><img  src="grey_pocket.png" height="122" width="122" /></a> 
    <a href="javascript:;" id="pocketred"><img  src=".png" height="122" width="122" /></a> 
    <a href="javascript:;" id="pocketblue"><img  src="blue_pocket.png" height="122" width="122" /></a> 
    <a href="javascript:;" id="pocketgreen"><img  src="green_pocket.png" height="122" width="122" /></a>
    </div>

<!-- The larger images where one from each set should be viewable at one time, triggered by the thumb clicked above -->


        <div class="selectionimg"> 
        <div id="selectShirt">
        <img src="grey_shirt.png" height="250" width="250" class="selectShirtGrey show" />        
        <img src="red_shirt.png" height="250" width="250" class="selectShirtRed hide" />        
        <img src="blue_shirt.png" height="250" width="250" class="selectShirtBlue hide" />        
        <img src="green_shirt.png" height="250" width="250" class="selectShirtGreen hide" />  </div>

         <div id="selectCollar">
        <img src="grey_collar.png" height="250" width="250" class="selectCollarGrey show" />        
        <img src="red_collar.png" height="250" width="250" class="selectCollarRed hide" />        
        <img src="blue_collar.png" height="250" width="250" class="selectCollarBlue hide" />        
        <img src="green_collar.png" height="250" width="250" class="selectCollarGreen hide" />       </div>

         <div id="selectCuff">
        <img src="grey_cuff.png" height="250" width="250" class="selectCuffGrey show" />        
        <img src="red_cuff.png" height="250" width="250" class="selectCuffRed hide" />        
        <img src="blue_cuff.png" height="250" width="250" class="selectCuffBlue hide" />        
        <img src="green_cuff.png" height="250" width="250" class="selectCuffGreen hide" />     </div>

         <div id="selectPocket">
        <img src="grey_pocket.png" height="250" width="250" class="selectPocketGrey show" />        
        <img src="hred_pocket.png" height="250" width="250" class="selectPocketRed hide" />        
        <img src="blue_pocket.png" height="250" width="250" class="selectPocketBlue hide" />        
        <img src="green_pocket.png" height="250" width="250" class="selectPocketGreen hide" />   
    </div>     </div>

Answer 1

$("a[color]").each(function() {        
    $(this).click(function () {
        var color = $(this).attr('color');
        $("#selectCuff img").removeClass("visible");
        $("img[color="+color+"]").addClass("visible");
    });
});

like that?

Also you can play with context css classes like that

#select img { 
    display:none;
}
#select.red img.red{
    display:inline;
}

and add/remove color class on #select div

I've just realize that you don't even need 'each' here

$("a[color]").click(function() {                
    var color = $(this).attr('color');
    $("#selectCuff img").removeClass("visible");
    $("img[color="+color+"]").addClass("visible");
});

in markup

<a href="#" color="grey">show grey</a>
<div id="select">
<img src="grey_collar.png" height="250" width="250" color="grey" />
<img src="red_collar.png" height="250" width="250" color="red" />
</div>