Hover style/effect without using a class

[jaxkookie]

is there a way to apply a hover color for an element without the use of a class "ms-bgcolor --hover?" The only inline way I see is through the use of javascript onMouseOver/onMouseOut. I do not want to start creating custom classes, but I do want to apply custom colors on hover.

my goal is to control the hover color from a column value, the same as the bgColor and font color.

[thechriskent]

Unfortunately, no. The --hover classes are the only method we have for affecting hover styles when it comes to out of the box formatting.