<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<title>Conflicting percent widths on table cells</title>
<style type="text/css">

table, td {
  border-spacing: 0;
  border: none;
  padding: 0;
}

</style>
</head>
<body>

<!-- large percentage effect operates per-column -->

<!-- also depends on truncation of percentages to 100% -->

<table>
  <tr>
    <td style="background: yellow" width="50%">x</td>
    <td style="background: aqua" width="99%">x</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td style="background: blue" width="50%">x</td>
    <td style="background: fuchsia" width="50%">x</td>
  </tr>
</table>

<table>
  <tr>
    <td style="background: blue" width="50%">x</td>
    <td style="background: fuchsia" width="50%">x</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td style="background: yellow" width="50%">x</td>
    <td style="background: aqua" width="99%">x</td>
  </tr>
</table>

</body>
</html>