diff --git a/app/views/partials/_question_group.html.haml b/app/views/partials/_question_group.html.haml
index 70e7810a..00d7531d 100644
--- a/app/views/partials/_question_group.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/partials/_question_group.html.haml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
     - when :grid
       %li
         %table
+          %col{:class => "pre_col"}
+          - qs.first.answers.size.times do |t| 
+            %col{:class => "#{t%2==0 ? 'even':'odd'}_col"}
+          %col{:class => "post_col"}
           %tbody
             - qs.each_slice(10) do |ten_questions| # header row every 10
               %tr
@@ -27,4 +31,4 @@
       = submit_tag("+ add row", :name => "section[#{@section.id}][g_#{g.id}]", :class => "add_row")
     - else # :inline
       - qs.each do |q|
-        = render q.custom_renderer || "/partials/question", :g => g, :q => q, :f => f
\ No newline at end of file
+        = render q.custom_renderer || "/partials/question", :g => g, :q => q, :f => f
diff --git a/generators/surveyor/templates/assets/stylesheets/sass/surveyor.sass b/generators/surveyor/templates/assets/stylesheets/sass/surveyor.sass
index 8a798ccc..7a4d523f 100644
--- a/generators/surveyor/templates/assets/stylesheets/sass/surveyor.sass
+++ b/generators/surveyor/templates/assets/stylesheets/sass/surveyor.sass
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-!background_color = #EEEEEE
+!background_color = #FFDDCC
 !surveyor_flash_background_color = #FFF1A8
 !surveyor_color = #FFFFF1 
 !surveyor_text_color = #333333
+!surveyor_dependents_background_color = #DFDFD4
+!surveyor_dependents_legend_background_color = "#DFDFA2"
 
 !surveyor_menus_active_color = #EBEBCC
 !surveyor_menus_border_color = #ccc
@@ -54,10 +56,15 @@ body
   // question groups
   fieldset.g_inline fieldset
     :display inline
-  fieldset.g_grid li.surveyor_radio label
-    :visibility hidden
-    input
-      :visibility visible
+  fieldset.g_grid
+    table col.even_col
+      :background-color= "#FFDDCC"
+    table col.odd_col
+      :background-color= "#FFFFCC"
+    li.surveyor_radio label
+      :visibility hidden
+      input
+        :visibility visible
   fieldset.g_repeater
     ol fieldset
       :display inline
@@ -87,6 +94,13 @@ body
           :display inline
     &.q_inline ol li
       :display inline
+    &.q_hidden
+      :display none
+    &.q_dependent
+      :background-color= !surveyor_dependents_background_color
+      :margin-bottom 1em
+      legend
+        :background-color= !surveyor_dependents_legend_background_color 
     input, textarea, select
       :margin 0 3px
     input[type="text"], textarea