Animated colors

<html><head>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function animate(id,color0,color1,duration){
    //public attributes
    this.elem = document.getElementById(id);
    //private attributes
    var r0= parseInt(color0.substring(0,2),16);
    var g0= parseInt(color0.substring(2,4),16);
    var b0= parseInt(color0.substring(4,6),16);
    var r1= parseInt(color1.substring(0,2),16);
    var g1= parseInt(color1.substring(2,4),16);
    var b1= parseInt(color1.substring(4,6),16);
    var wait = 100; //100ms
    var steps = duration/wait;
    var rstep = (r1 - r0) / (steps);
    var gstep = (g1 - g0) / (steps);
    var bstep = (b1 - b0) / (steps);
    var self = this;
    //public functions
    this.step  = function() {
        steps--;
        if ( steps>0 ) {
            r0 = Math.floor(r0 + rstep);
            g0 = Math.floor(g0 + gstep);
            b0 = Math.floor(b0 + bstep);
            elem.style.backgroundColor = 'rgb('+r0+','+g0+','+b0+')';
            //alert(steps + ' ; ' + elem.style.backgroundColor);
            window.setTimeout(function(){self.step();}, wait);
            //http://www.west-wind.com/weblog/posts/2006/Mar/28/JavaScript-windowSetTimeout-to-a-JavaScript-Class-method-or-function-with-parameters#5042
            //http://blog.vorpal.cc/category/development/javascript-class-event-handlers.html
        } else {
            elem.style.backgroundColor = '#'+color1;
        }
    }
    step();
    //alert(this.b0);
}
//-->
</script>
</head><body>
<div id="anim" style="width:100px; height:100px; background-color:#ff0000"></div>
<input type="button" onclick="animate('anim','1122ff','ff2211',1000)" value="test" />
</body>
</html>