func colorForIndex(index: Int) -> UIColor
{

    let itemCount = stnRepos.count - 1
    let color = (CGFloat(index) / CGFloat(itemCount)) * 0.6
    return UIColor(red: 0.80, green: color, blue: 0.0, alpha: 1.0)
}

func tableView(tableView: UITableView, willDisplayCell cell: UITableViewCell,
    forRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath)
{
        var count = stnRepos.count
        for (var i = 0; i<=count; i++)
        {
            if (i % 2 == 0)
            {
                cell.backgroundColor = colorForIndex(indexPath.row)
                println(i)
            }
        }
}

func colorForIndex(index: Int) -> UIColor
{
    let itemCount = stnRepos.count - 1
    let color = (CGFloat(index) / CGFloat(itemCount)) * 0.6
    return UIColor(red: 0.80, green: color, blue: 0.0, alpha: 1.0)
}

func tableView(tableView: UITableView, willDisplayCell cell: UITableViewCell,
    forRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath)
{
    if (indexPath.row % 2 == 0)
    {
        cell.backgroundColor = colorForIndex(indexPath.row)
    } else {
        cell.backgroundColor = UIColor.whiteColor()()
    }
}

- tableView:willDisplayCell:forTableColumn:row:

func tableView(tableView: UITableView, willDisplayCell cell: UITableViewCell,
    forRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath)
{
    if (indexPath.row % 2 == 0)
    {
        cell.backgroundColor = colorForIndex(indexPath.row)
    }
    else
    {
        cell.backgroundColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
    }
}

func tableView(tableView: UITableView, willDisplayCell cell: UITableViewCell,
    forRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath)
   {
 if (indexPath.row % 2 == 0)
 {
     cell.backgroundColor = UIColor.gray
 } else {
    cell.backgroundColor = UIColor.white
 }

cell.backgroundColor = colorForIndex(indexPath.row)

cell.contentView.backgroundColor = colorForIndex(indexPath.row)