diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fd85f9329..d2763b548 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ This can also be enabled programmatically with `warnings.simplefilter('default',
 ## [2.7.9] - Not released yet
 ### Added
 * support for overriding paragraph direction on bidirectional text
-* new optional `li_prefix_color` parameter for `FPDF.write_html()`
-* support for `start` & `type` attributes of `<ol>` tags, and `type` attribute of `<ul>` tags, when using `FPDF.write_html()`
+* new optional `li_prefix_color` parameter for [`FPDF.write_html()`](https://py-pdf.github.io/fpdf2/fpdf/fpdf.html#fpdf.fpdf.FPDF.write_html)
+* support for `start` & `type` attributes of `<ol>` tags, and `type` attribute of `<ul>` tags, when using [`FPDF.write_html()`](https://py-pdf.github.io/fpdf2/fpdf/fpdf.html#fpdf.fpdf.FPDF.write_html)
 * [`FPDF.write_html()`](https://py-pdf.github.io/fpdf2/fpdf/fpdf.html#fpdf.fpdf.FPDF.write_html) now accepts a `tag_styles` parameter to control the font, color & size of HTML elements: `<a>`, `<blockquote>`, `<li>`...
 * [`FPDF.write_html()`](https://py-pdf.github.io/fpdf2/fpdf/fpdf.html#fpdf.fpdf.FPDF.write_html) now accepts a `tag_indents` parameter to control, for example, the indent of `<blockquote>` elements
-* allow to define custom `cell_fill_mode` logic for tables: [_Set cells background_ - documentation section](https://py-pdf.github.io/fpdf2/Tables.html#set-cells-background)
+* allow to define custom `cell_fill_mode` logic for tables: [_Set cells background_ - documentation section](https://py-pdf.github.io/fpdf2/Tables.html#set-cells-background). Also added 2 new values: `TableCellFillMode.EVEN_ROWS` & `TableCellFillMode.EVEN_COLUMNS`: [documentation](https://py-pdf.github.io/fpdf2/fpdf/enums.html#fpdf.enums.TableCellFillMode)
 ### Changed
 * improved the performance of `FPDF.start_section()` - _cf._ [issue #1092](https://github.com/py-pdf/fpdf2/issues/1092)
 ### Deprecated
diff --git a/docs/HTML.md b/docs/HTML.md
index 810d9e3d0..0610dd1fb 100644
--- a/docs/HTML.md
+++ b/docs/HTML.md
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ pdf.output("html.pdf")
 
 ## Styling HTML tags globally
 
+_New in [:octicons-tag-24: 2.7.9](https://github.com/py-pdf/fpdf2/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)_
+
 The style of several HTML tags (`<a>`, `<blockquote>`, `<code>`, `<pre>`, `<h1>`, `<h2>`, `<h3>`...) can be set globally, for the whole HTML document, by passing `tag_styles` to `FPDF.write_html()`:
 
 ```python
diff --git a/docs/Tables.md b/docs/Tables.md
index f572d6e38..15a183c5b 100644
--- a/docs/Tables.md
+++ b/docs/Tables.md
@@ -212,7 +212,8 @@ Finally, it is possible to define your own cell-filling logic:
 
 ```python
 class EvenOddCellFillMode():
-    def should_fill_cell(self, i, j):
+    @staticmethod
+    def should_fill_cell(i, j):
         return i % 2 and j % 2
 
 ...
diff --git a/fpdf/enums.py b/fpdf/enums.py
index 32b988a01..b8cd14074 100644
--- a/fpdf/enums.py
+++ b/fpdf/enums.py
@@ -317,6 +317,12 @@ class TableCellFillMode(CoerciveEnum):
     COLUMNS = intern("COLUMNS")
     "Fill only table cells in odd columns"
 
+    EVEN_ROWS = intern("EVEN_ROWS")
+    "Fill only table cells in even rows"
+
+    EVEN_COLUMNS = intern("EVEN_COLUMNS")
+    "Fill only table cells in even columns"
+
     @classmethod
     def coerce(cls, value):
         "Any class that has a .should_fill_cell() method is considered a valid 'TableCellFillMode' (duck-typing)"
@@ -330,9 +336,13 @@ def should_fill_cell(self, i, j):
         if self is self.ALL:
             return True
         if self is self.ROWS:
-            return bool(i % 2)
+            return i % 2 == 1
         if self is self.COLUMNS:
-            return bool(j % 2)
+            return j % 2 == 1
+        if self is self.EVEN_ROWS:
+            return i % 2 == 0
+        if self is self.EVEN_COLUMNS:
+            return j % 2 == 0
         raise NotImplementedError
 
 
diff --git a/test/table/table_cell_fill_mode.pdf b/test/table/table_cell_fill_mode.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c6277403
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diff --git a/test/table/test_table.py b/test/table/test_table.py
index 4926f2033..ed51cc16a 100644
--- a/test/table/test_table.py
+++ b/test/table/test_table.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 from fpdf import FPDF, FPDFException
 from fpdf.drawing import DeviceRGB
 from fpdf.fonts import FontFace
+from fpdf.table import TableCellFillMode
+
 from test.conftest import assert_pdf_equal, LOREM_IPSUM
 
 
@@ -267,8 +269,9 @@ def test_table_with_cell_fill(tmp_path):
     assert_pdf_equal(pdf, HERE / "table_with_cell_fill.pdf", tmp_path)
 
 
-class EvenOddCellFillMode():
-    def should_fill_cell(self, i, j):
+class EvenOddCellFillMode:
+    @staticmethod
+    def should_fill_cell(i, j):
         return i % 2 and j % 2
 
 
@@ -277,7 +280,9 @@ def test_table_with_cell_fill_custom_class(tmp_path):
     pdf.add_page()
     pdf.set_font("Times", size=16)
     lightblue = (173, 216, 230)
-    with pdf.table(cell_fill_color=lightblue, cell_fill_mode=EvenOddCellFillMode()) as table:
+    with pdf.table(
+        cell_fill_color=lightblue, cell_fill_mode=EvenOddCellFillMode()
+    ) as table:
         for data_row in TABLE_DATA:
             row = table.row()
             for datum in data_row:
@@ -750,3 +755,23 @@ def test_table_with_varying_col_count(tmp_path):
             table.row(subset)
 
     assert_pdf_equal(pdf, HERE / "table_with_varying_col_count.pdf", tmp_path)
+
+
+def test_table_cell_fill_mode(tmp_path):
+    pdf = FPDF()
+    pdf.add_page()
+    pdf.set_font("Helvetica")
+    light_sky_blue = (150, 200, 255)
+    headings_style = FontFace(fill_color=128)  # grey
+    for mode in ("ROWS", "COLUMNS", "EVEN_ROWS", "EVEN_COLUMNS"):
+        pdf.cell(text=f"cell_fill_mode=TableCellFillMode.{mode}:")
+        pdf.ln(10)
+        with pdf.table(
+            TABLE_DATA,
+            headings_style=headings_style,
+            cell_fill_mode=getattr(TableCellFillMode, mode),
+            cell_fill_color=light_sky_blue,
+        ):
+            pass
+        pdf.ln()
+    assert_pdf_equal(pdf, HERE / "table_cell_fill_mode.pdf", tmp_path)