Hola,
 
Mira a ver si esto te sirve:  
 Código PHP:
    <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="eng"> 
<head> 
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/estiloQuiniela.css"> 
    <script type="text/javascript"> 
         
    function colorear(obj) 
        {
            fila = obj.parentNode.parentNode;
            if(obj.checked)
                fila.style.backgroundColor = "yellow";
            else
                fila.style.backgroundColor = "white";
        }      
    </script> 
</head> 
 
<body> 
 <table id="tabla" name="tabla" border>
     <tr>
         <td><input type="checkbox" id="check1" name="check1" value="1" onclick="colorear(this)"/></td>
         <td>celda 1</td>
         <td>celda 2</td>
         <td>celda 3</td>                           
     </tr> 
     <tr>
         <td><input type="checkbox" id="check2" name="check2" value="2" onclick="colorear(this)"/></td>
         <td>celda 4</td>
         <td>celda 5</td>
         <td>celda 6</td>                               
     </tr> 
     <tr>
         <td><input type="checkbox" id="check3" name="check3" value="3" onclick="colorear(this)"/></td>
         <td>celda 7</td>
         <td>celda 8</td>
         <td>celda 9</td>                               
     </tr>     
</body> 
</html>