<colgroup> is used to style columns instead of styling each cell.
<table border="1">
<colgroup>
<col span="1" style="background-color: #ffe0e0;">
<col span="1" style="background-color: #e0ffe0;">
</colgroup>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Score</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Alice</td>
<td>90</td>
</tr>
</table>