retrive field value of a custom record

edit let me clarify something i did not put in the title: is it even possible to get custom record info to display in an item token? end edit.

i am mostly finished with setting up a faceted search, wherein i encapsulate the item content in a div in the token template, then use jquery to pull all of those divs, and use them to replace the table they were in. at that point, i can easily hide or show the tokens (now in divs) as needed.

the search facets are delivered from the token template via hidden spans, which was the easiest way i could figure out. the attribute is picked via an item field ('custitem_facet_color') which references a custom record ('customrecord_facet_color'). that custom record, created from a custom list, has one additional field, 'custrecord_facet_color_sort'.