cell colors PHP/MySQL

[Brian E Boothe]

i'm needing assistance in table Cell color thru MySQL
 i have a project were im listing a projects in a table  either Complete 
/ Active / Pending /  now im needing these refrances cells to change 
Color whenver its lists them out on a page,
  [Complete] =  green    [Active] = Blue    [Pending] = yellow         
Can someone Give me refrences or Code in PHP to how to accomplish this
                                                                                          
  
thanks