Highlight row in LaTex

Question

I would like to highlight the first row in a table, starting with "Date"

Here is a screenshot of the table in question:

Answer 1

This requires the xcolor package, its table option and the \rowcolor command.

From my point of view, there are too many lines in this table, but... well, it's the OP's design...

\documentclass[twoside]{article}
\usepackage[table,x11names]{xcolor}


\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{|*{4}{l|}}
\hline
\rowcolor{lightgray} Date & Time & Instruction & Design \tabularnewline
 & & & \tabularnewline
\hline
 & & & \tabularnewline
\hline
 & & & \tabularnewline
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\end{document}