var colours = new Array ();;
colours[0] = "#ff0000";
colours[1] = "#ff6666";

function altColours(text) {
	var length = text.length;
	var charCount = 0;
	var arrayText = text.split("");

	for (var i = 0; i < length; i++) {
		if (arrayText[i] != " ") {
			document.write ("<span style='color: " + colours[charCount % colours.length] + "'>" + arrayText[i] + "</span>");

			charCount++;
		} else {
			document.write (" ");
		}
	}
}