Vba to color cells in excel

Заливка ячейки цветом в VBA Excel. Фон ячейки. Свойства .Interior.Color и .Interior.ColorIndex. Цветовая модель RGB. Стандартная палитра. Очистка фона ячейки.

Свойство .Interior.Color объекта Range

Начиная с Excel 2007 основным способом заливки диапазона или отдельной ячейки цветом (зарисовки, добавления, изменения фона) является использование свойства .Interior.Color объекта Range путем присваивания ему значения цвета в виде десятичного числа от 0 до 16777215 (всего 16777216 цветов).

Заливка ячейки цветом в VBA Excel

Пример кода 1:

Sub ColorTest1()

Range(«A1»).Interior.Color = 31569

Range(«A4:D8»).Interior.Color = 4569325

Range(«C12:D17»).Cells(4).Interior.Color = 568569

Cells(3, 6).Interior.Color = 12659

End Sub

Поместите пример кода в свой программный модуль и нажмите кнопку на панели инструментов «Run Sub» или на клавиатуре «F5», курсор должен быть внутри выполняемой программы. На активном листе Excel ячейки и диапазон, выбранные в коде, окрасятся в соответствующие цвета.

Есть один интересный нюанс: если присвоить свойству .Interior.Color отрицательное значение от -16777215 до -1, то цвет будет соответствовать значению, равному сумме максимального значения палитры (16777215) и присвоенного отрицательного значения. Например, заливка всех трех ячеек после выполнения следующего кода будет одинакова:

Sub ColorTest11()

Cells(1, 1).Interior.Color = 12207890

Cells(2, 1).Interior.Color = 16777215 + (12207890)

Cells(3, 1).Interior.Color = 4569325

End Sub

Проверено в Excel 2016.

Вывод сообщений о числовых значениях цветов

Числовые значения цветов запомнить невозможно, поэтому часто возникает вопрос о том, как узнать числовое значение фона ячейки. Следующий код VBA Excel выводит сообщения о числовых значениях присвоенных ранее цветов.

Пример кода 2:

Sub ColorTest2()

MsgBox Range(«A1»).Interior.Color

MsgBox Range(«A4:D8»).Interior.Color

MsgBox Range(«C12:D17»).Cells(4).Interior.Color

MsgBox Cells(3, 6).Interior.Color

End Sub

Вместо вывода сообщений можно присвоить числовые значения цветов переменным, объявив их как Long.

Использование предопределенных констант

В VBA Excel есть предопределенные константы часто используемых цветов для заливки ячеек:

Предопределенная константа Наименование цвета
vbBlack Черный
vbBlue Голубой
vbCyan Бирюзовый
vbGreen Зеленый
vbMagenta Пурпурный
vbRed Красный
vbWhite Белый
vbYellow Желтый
xlNone Нет заливки

Присваивается цвет ячейке предопределенной константой в VBA Excel точно так же, как и числовым значением:

Пример кода 3:

Range(«A1»).Interior.Color = vbGreen

Цветовая модель RGB

Цветовая система RGB представляет собой комбинацию различных по интенсивности основных трех цветов: красного, зеленого и синего. Они могут принимать значения от 0 до 255. Если все значения равны 0 — это черный цвет, если все значения равны 255 — это белый цвет.

Выбрать цвет и узнать его значения RGB можно с помощью палитры Excel:

Палитра Excel

Палитра Excel

Чтобы можно было присвоить ячейке или диапазону цвет с помощью значений RGB, их необходимо перевести в десятичное число, обозначающее цвет. Для этого существует функция VBA Excel, которая так и называется — RGB.

Пример кода 4:

Range(«A1»).Interior.Color = RGB(100, 150, 200)

Список стандартных цветов с RGB-кодами смотрите в статье: HTML. Коды и названия цветов.

Очистка ячейки (диапазона) от заливки

Для очистки ячейки (диапазона) от заливки используется константа xlNone:

Range(«A1»).Interior.Color = xlNone

Свойство .Interior.ColorIndex объекта Range

До появления Excel 2007 существовала только ограниченная палитра для заливки ячеек фоном, состоявшая из 56 цветов, которая сохранилась и в настоящее время. Каждому цвету в этой палитре присвоен индекс от 1 до 56. Присвоить цвет ячейке по индексу или вывести сообщение о нем можно с помощью свойства .Interior.ColorIndex:

Пример кода 5:

Range(«A1»).Interior.ColorIndex = 8

MsgBox Range(«A1»).Interior.ColorIndex

Просмотреть ограниченную палитру для заливки ячеек фоном можно, запустив в VBA Excel простейший макрос:

Пример кода 6:

Sub ColorIndex()

Dim i As Byte

For i = 1 To 56

Cells(i, 1).Interior.ColorIndex = i

Next

End Sub

Номера строк активного листа от 1 до 56 будут соответствовать индексу цвета, а ячейка в первом столбце будет залита соответствующим индексу фоном.

Подробнее о стандартной палитре Excel смотрите в статье: Стандартная палитра из 56 цветов, а также о том, как добавить узор в ячейку.


Non VBA Solution:

Use Conditional Formatting rule with formula: =ISNA(A1) (to highlight cells with all errors — not only #N/A, use =ISERROR(A1))

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VBA Solution:

Your code loops through 50 mln cells. To reduce number of cells, I use .SpecialCells(xlCellTypeFormulas, 16) and .SpecialCells(xlCellTypeConstants, 16)to return only cells with errors (note, I’m using If cell.Text = "#N/A" Then)

Sub ColorCells()
    Dim Data As Range, Data2 As Range, cell As Range
    Dim currentsheet As Worksheet

    Set currentsheet = ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Comparison")

    With currentsheet.Range("A2:AW" & Rows.Count)
        .Interior.Color = xlNone
        On Error Resume Next
        'select only cells with errors
        Set Data = .SpecialCells(xlCellTypeFormulas, 16)
        Set Data2 = .SpecialCells(xlCellTypeConstants, 16)
        On Error GoTo 0
    End With

    If Not Data2 Is Nothing Then
        If Not Data Is Nothing Then
            Set Data = Union(Data, Data2)
        Else
            Set Data = Data2
        End If
    End If

    If Not Data Is Nothing Then
        For Each cell In Data
            If cell.Text = "#N/A" Then
               cell.Interior.ColorIndex = 4
            End If
        Next
    End If
End Sub

Note, to highlight cells witn any error (not only "#N/A"), replace following code

If Not Data Is Nothing Then
   For Each cell In Data
       If cell.Text = "#N/A" Then
          cell.Interior.ColorIndex = 3
       End If
   Next
End If

with

If Not Data Is Nothing Then Data.Interior.ColorIndex = 3

UPD: (how to add CF rule through VBA)

Sub test()
    With ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Comparison").Range("A2:AW" & Rows.Count).FormatConditions
        .Delete
        .Add Type:=xlExpression, Formula1:="=ISNA(A1)"
        .Item(1).Interior.ColorIndex = 3
    End With
End Sub

Содержание

  1. Свойство ColorIndex (Excel Graph)
  2. Синтаксис
  3. Примечания
  4. Пример
  5. Поддержка и обратная связь
  6. VBA Excel. Цвет ячейки
  7. Свойство .Interior.Color объекта Range
  8. Заливка ячейки цветом в VBA Excel
  9. Вывод сообщений о числовых значениях цветов
  10. Использование предопределенных констант
  11. Цветовая модель RGB
  12. Свойство .Interior.ColorIndex объекта Range
  13. VBA RGB
  14. Excel VBA RGB Color
  15. Change Color of Cells using VBA RGB Function
  16. Example #1
  17. Example #2
  18. Things to Remember Here
  19. Recommended Articles
  20. Change Background Color of Cell Range in Excel VBA
  21. VBA Reference
  22. 120+ Project Management Templates
  23. Description:
  24. Change Background Color of Cell Range in Excel VBA – Solution(s):
  25. Change Background Color of Cell Range in Excel VBA – Examples
  26. Change Background Color of Cell Range in Excel VBA – Download: Example File

Свойство ColorIndex (Excel Graph)

Возвращает или задает цвет границы, шрифта или внутренней области, как показано в следующей таблице. Цвет указывается в виде значения индекса в текущей цветовой палитре или в виде одной из следующих констант XlColorIndex: xlColorIndexAutomatic или xlColorIndexNone. Для чтения и записи, Variant.

Синтаксис

выражение. ColorIndex

выражение (обязательно). Выражение, возвращающее один из объектов списка Применяется к.

Примечания

Object Описание
Border Цвет границы.
Font Цвет шрифта.
Interior Цвет внутренней заливки. Присвойте параметру ColorIndex значение xlColorIndexNone, чтобы не применять внутреннюю заливку. Присвойте параметру ColorIndex значение xlColorIndexAutomatic, чтобы указать автоматическую заливку (для графических объектов).

Это свойство указывает цвет в виде индекса в цветовой палитре. На рисунке ниже показаны значения цветового индекса в цветовой палитре по умолчанию.

Пример

В следующих примерах предполагается, что используется цветовая палитра по умолчанию.

В этом примере устанавливается цвет основных линий сетки для оси значений.

В этом примере устанавливается красный цвет внутреннего заполнения диаграммы и синий цвет для границы.

Если вы хотите использовать цвет с объектом FormatCondition в Visual Basic, ознакомьтесь со статьей Свойство Interior.ColorIndex.

Поддержка и обратная связь

Есть вопросы или отзывы, касающиеся Office VBA или этой статьи? Руководство по другим способам получения поддержки и отправки отзывов см. в статье Поддержка Office VBA и обратная связь.

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VBA Excel. Цвет ячейки

Заливка ячейки цветом в VBA Excel. Фон ячейки. Свойства .Interior.Color и .Interior.ColorIndex. Цветовая модель RGB. Стандартная палитра из 56 цветов.

  1. Свойство .Interior.Color объекта Range
    • Заливка ячейки цветом в VBA Excel
    • Вывод сообщений о числовых значениях цветов
    • Использование предопределенных констант
    • Цветовая модель RGB
  2. Свойство .Interior.ColorIndex объекта Range

Свойство .Interior.Color объекта Range

Начиная с Excel 2007 основным способом заливки диапазона или отдельной ячейки цветом (зарисовки, добавления, изменения фона) является использование свойства .Interior.Color объекта Range путем присваивания ему значения цвета в виде десятичного числа от 0 до 16777215 (всего 16777216 цветов).

Заливка ячейки цветом в VBA Excel

Пример кода 1:

Поместите пример кода в свой программный модуль и нажмите кнопку на панели инструментов «Run Sub» или на клавиатуре «F5», курсор должен быть внутри выполняемой программы. На активном листе Excel ячейки и диапазон, выбранные в коде, окрасятся в соответствующие цвета.

Есть один интересный нюанс: если присвоить свойству .Interior.Color отрицательное значение от -16777215 до -1, то цвет будет соответствовать значению, равному сумме максимального значения палитры (16777215) и присвоенного отрицательного значения. Например, заливка всех трех ячеек после выполнения следующего кода будет одинакова:

Проверено в Excel 2016.

Вывод сообщений о числовых значениях цветов

Числовые значения цветов запомнить невозможно, поэтому часто возникает вопрос о том, как узнать числовое значение фона ячейки. Следующий код VBA Excel выводит сообщения о числовых значениях присвоенных ранее цветов.

Пример кода 2:

Вместо вывода сообщений можно присвоить числовые значения цветов переменным, объявив их как Long.

Использование предопределенных констант

В VBA Excel есть предопределенные константы часто используемых цветов для заливки ячеек:

Предопределенная константа Наименование цвета
vbBlack Черный
vbBlue Голубой
vbCyan Бирюзовый
vbGreen Зеленый
vbMagenta Пурпурный
vbRed Красный
vbWhite Белый
vbYellow Желтый

Присваивается цвет ячейке предопределенной константой в VBA Excel точно так же, как и числовым значением:

Пример кода 3:

Цветовая модель RGB

Цветовая система RGB представляет собой комбинацию различных по интенсивности основных трех цветов: красного, зеленого и синего. Они могут принимать значения от 0 до 255. Если все значения равны 0 — это черный цвет, если все значения равны 255 — это белый цвет.

Выбрать цвет и узнать его значения RGB можно с помощью палитры Excel:

Открывается в новом окне Палитра Excel

Чтобы можно было присвоить ячейке или диапазону цвет с помощью значений RGB, их необходимо перевести в десятичное число, обозначающее цвет. Для этого существует функция VBA Excel, которая так и называется — RGB.

Пример кода 4:

Свойство .Interior.ColorIndex объекта Range

До появления Excel 2007 существовала только ограниченная палитра для заливки ячеек фоном, состоявшая из 56 цветов, которая сохранилась и в настоящее время. Каждому цвету в этой палитре присвоен индекс от 1 до 56. Присвоить цвет ячейке по индексу или вывести сообщение о нем можно с помощью свойства .Interior.ColorIndex:

Пример кода 5:

Просмотреть ограниченную палитру для заливки ячеек фоном можно, запустив в VBA Excel простейший макрос:

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VBA RGB

Excel VBA RGB Color

RGB can also be called red, green, and blue. So, one may use this function to get the numerical value of the color value. This function has three components as a named range, and they are red, blue, and green. The other colors are the components of these three different colors in VBA.

In VBA, everything boils down to the coding of every piece. For example, we can use the RANGE object if you want to reference some portion of the worksheet. If you want to change the font color, we can use the NAME property of the range. Then, write the font name that we need but imagine a situation of changing the font color or the cell’s background color. Of course, we can use built-in VB colors like vbGreen, vbBlue, vbRed, etc. But, we have a dedicated function to play around with different colors, i.e., RGB.

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Below is the syntax of the RGB color function.

As you can see above, we can supply three arguments: red, green, and blue. These three parameters can only accept integer numbers ranging from 0 to 255. The result of this function will be the “Long” data type.

Change Color of Cells using VBA RGB Function

Example #1

We have numbers from cells A1 to A8, as shown in the below image.

We will try to change the font color to some random color for this range of cells by using the RGB function.

Start the macro procedure first.

Code:

First, we need to reference the range of cells of fonts we want to change the color of. In this case, our range of cells is A1 to A8, so supply the same using the RANGE object.

Code:

Put a dot to see the IntelliSense list of RANGE objects. From the IntelliSense list, we are trying to change the font color, so choose the FONT property from the list.

Code:

Once we chose the FONT property in this property, we tried to change the color, so we chose the color property of the FONT.

Code:

Put an equal sign and open the RGB function.

Code:

Give random integer numbers ranging from 0 to 255 for all three arguments of the RGB function.

Code:

Now, run the code and see the result of font colors of the cells from A1 to A8.

Output:

So, the colors of the font changed from black to some other. The color depends on the numbers we give to the RGB function.

Below are RGB color codes to get some of the common colors.

You can just change the integer number combination from 0 to 255 to get the different sorts of colors.

Example #2

For the same range of cells, let us see how to change the background color of these cells.

First, supply the range of cells by using the RANGE object.

Code:

This time we are changing the background color of the mentioned cells, so we have nothing to do with the FONT property. Now, choose the “Interior” property of the RANGE object to change the background color.

Code:

Once the “Interior” property is selected, a dot to see the properties and methods of this “Interior” property.

Code:

Since we are changing the interior color of the mentioned cells, choose the “Color” property.

Code:

Set the interior color property of the range of cells (A1 to A8) out the equal sign and open the RGB function.

Code:

Enter the random number as you want.

Code:

Run the code and see the background color.

Output:

The background color has changed.

Things to Remember Here

  • RGB stands for Red, Green, and Blue.
  • A combination of these three colors will give different colors.
  • All these three parameters can accept integer values between 0 to 255 only. It will reset any numbers above this to 255.

Recommended Articles

This article has been a guide to VBA RGB. Here, we discuss changing the color of the interior cell (background, font) in Excel VBA by putting different integer numbers in the RGB function with examples and a downloadable Excel template. Below are some useful Excel articles related to VBA: –

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It is an interesting feature in excel, we can change background color of Cell, Range in Excel VBA. Specially, while preparing reports or dashboards, we change the backgrounds to make it clean and get the professional look to our projects.

Change Background Color of Cell Range in Excel VBA – Solution(s):


We can use Interior.Color OR Interior.ColorIndex properties of a Rage/Cell to change the background colors.

Change Background Color of Cell Range in Excel VBA – Examples

The following examples will show you how to change the background or interior color in Excel using VBA.

Example 1

In this Example below I am changing the Range B3 Background Color using Cell Object

Example 2

In this Example below I am changing the Range B3 Background Color using Range Object

Example 3

We can also use RGB color format, instead of ColorIndex. See the following example:

Example 4

The following example will apply all the colorIndex form 1 to 55 in Activesheet.

Instructions:
  1. Open an excel workbook
  2. Press Alt+F11 to open VBA Editor
  3. Insert a new module from Insert menu
  4. Copy the above code and Paste in the code window
  5. Save the file as macro enabled workbook
  6. Press F5 to execute the procedure
  7. You can see the interior colors are changing as per our code

Change Background Color of Cell Range in Excel VBA – Download: Example File

Here is the sample screen-shot of the example file.

Download the file and explore how to change the interior or background colors in Excel using VBA.

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Applies to: Microsoft Excel 365, 2021, 2019, 2016.

In today’s VBA for Excel Automation tutorial we’ll learn about how we can programmatically change the color of a cell based on the cell value.

We can use this technique when developing a dashboard spreadsheet for example.

Step #1: Prepare your spreadsheet

If you are not yet developing on Excel, we’d recommend to look into our introductory guide to Excel Macros. You also need to make sure that the Developer tab is available in your Microsoft Excel Ribbon, as you’ll use it to write some simple code.

  • Open Microsoft Excel. Note that code provided in this tutorial is expected to function in Excel 2007 and beyond.
  • In an empty worksheet, add the following table :
  • Now go ahead and define a named Range by hitting: Formulas>>Define Name

  • Hit OK

Step #2: Changing cell interior color based on value with Cell.Interior.Color

  • Hit the Developer entry in the Ribbon.
  • Hit Visual Basic or Alt+F11 to open your developer VBA editor.
  • Next highlight the Worksheet in which you would like to run your code. Alternatively, select a module that has your VBA code.
  • Go ahead and paste this code. In our example we’ll modify the interior color of a range of cells to specific cell RGB values corresponding to the red, yellow and green colors.
  • Specifically we use the Excel VBA method Cell.Interior.Color and pass the corresponding RGB value or color index.
Sub Color_Cell_Condition()

Dim MyCell As Range
Dim StatValue As String
Dim StatusRange As Range

Set StatusRange = Range("Status")

For Each MyCell In StatusRange

StatValue = MyCell.Value
Select Case StatValue

    Case "Progressing"
    MyCell.Interior.Color = RGB(0, 255, 0)
    
    Case "Pending Feedback"
    MyCell.Interior.Color = RGB(255, 255, 0)
    
    Case "Stuck"
    MyCell.Interior.Color = RGB(255, 0, 0)

End Select

Next MyCell

End Sub
  • Run your code – either by pressing on F5 or Run>> Run Sub / UserForm.
  • You’ll notice the status dashboard was filled as shown below:
  • Save your code and close your VBA editor.

VBA Code To Change Cell Color

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Excel supports more than 16 million colors in a cell; hence you should know how to set the exact color in a cell. To do this, you can use RGB (Red, Green, Blue) function in VBA to set the color of a cell. The function requires 3 numbers from 0 to 255 [e.g. RGB(234,232,98)]. Below is a practice code that changes cell colors to Green, Red and Blue.

Change a Cells Background Color

VBA Code to Change Cell Color

'This function can be used to change the color of a
cell
Public Sub ChangeCellColor()
    '
    'Change cell color to green
    Sheet1.Range("C4").Interior.Color = RGB(0, 255, 0)
    '
    'Change cell color to red
    Sheet1.Range("C5").Interior.Color = RGB(255, 0, 0)
    '
    'Change cell color to blue
    Sheet1.Range("C6").Interior.Color = RGB(0, 0, 255)
    '
End Sub

VBA Code To Change Cell Color ,follow below steps:

Open an Excel file

  • Press Alt+F11
  • Insert a Module (Insert>Module) from menu bar
  • Paste the code in the module
  • Now add a shape in Excel sheet
  • Give a name to the shape like ‘Change Cell Color’
  • Right click on the shape and select ‘Assign Macro…’

VBA Code to change cell color

  • Select ‘ChangeCellColor’ from the list and click on ‘Ok’ button

  • Done, click on the shape to change the cell colors

Download Practice File

You can also practice this through our practice files. Click on the below link to download the practice file.

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Excel VBA RGB Color

RGB can also be called red, green, and blue. So, one may use this function to get the numerical value of the color value. This function has three components as a named range, and they are red, blue, and green. The other colors are the components of these three different colors in VBA.

In VBA, everything boils down to the coding of every piece. For example, we can use the RANGE object if you want to reference some portion of the worksheet. If you want to change the font color, we can use the NAME property of the range. Then, write the font name that we need but imagine a situation of changing the font color or the cell’s background color. Of course, we can use built-in VB colors like vbGreen, vbBlue, vbRed, etc. But, we have a dedicated function to play around with different colors, i.e., RGB.

Table of contents
  • Excel VBA RGB Color
    • Change Color of Cells using VBA RGB Function
      • Example #1
      • Example #2
    • Things to Remember Here
    • Recommended Articles

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Below is the syntax of the RGB color function.

VBA RGB Syntax

As you can see above, we can supply three arguments: red, green, and blue. These three parameters can only accept integer numbers ranging from 0 to 255. The result of this function will be the “Long” data type.

Change Color of Cells using VBA RGB Function

You can download this VBA RGB Excel Template here – VBA RGB Excel Template

Example #1

We have numbers from cells A1 to A8, as shown in the below image.

VBA RGB Example 1

We will try to change the font color to some random color for this range of cells by using the RGB function.

Start the macro procedure first.

Code:

Sub RGB_Example1()

End Sub

VBA RGB Example 1.0

First, we need to reference the range of cells of fonts we want to change the color of. In this case, our range of cells is A1 to A8, so supply the same  using the RANGE object.

Code:

Sub RGB_Example1()

  Range ("A1:A8")

End Sub

Example 1.2

Put a dot to see the IntelliSense list of RANGE objects. From the IntelliSense list, we are trying to change the font color, so choose the FONT property from the list.

Code:

Sub RGB_Example1()

  Range("A1:A8").Font

End Sub

VBA RGB Example 1.3

Once we chose the FONT property in this property, we tried to change the color, so we chose the color property of the FONT.

Code:

Sub RGB_Example1()

  Range("A1:A8").Font.Color

End Sub

Example 1.4

Put an equal sign and open the RGB function.

Code:

Sub RGB_Example1()

  Range("A1:A8").Font.Color = RGB(

End Sub

VBA RGB Example 1.5

Give random integer numbers ranging from 0 to 255 for all three arguments of the RGB function.

Code:

Sub RGB_Example1()

  Range("A1:A8").Font.Color = RGB(300, 300, 300)

End Sub

 Example 1.9

Now, run the code and see the result of font colors of the cells from A1 to A8.

Output:

VBA RGB Example 1.7.0

So, the colors of the font changed from black to some other. The color depends on the numbers we give to the RGB function.

Below are RGB color codes to get some of the common colors.

Example 1.8

You can just change the integer number combination from 0 to 255 to get the different sorts of colors.

Example #2

For the same range of cells, let us see how to change the background color of these cells.

First, supply the range of cells by using the RANGE object.

Code:

Sub RGB_Example2()

  Range ("A1:A8").

End Sub

VBA RGB Example 2

This time we are changing the background color of the mentioned cells, so we have nothing to do with the FONT property. Now, choose the “Interior” property of the RANGE object to change the background color.

Code:

Sub RGB_Example2()

  Range("A1:A8").Interior

End Sub

Example 2.1

Once the “Interior” property is selected, a dot to see the properties and methods of this “Interior” property.

Code:

Sub RGB_Example2()

  Range("A1:A8").Interior.

End Sub

VBA RGB Example 2.2

Since we are changing the interior color of the mentioned cells, choose the “Color” property.

Code:

Sub RGB_Example2()

  Range("A1:A8").Interior.Color

End Sub

Example 2.3

Set the interior color property of the range of cells (A1 to A8) out the equal sign and open the RGB function.

Code:

Sub RGB_Example2()

  Range("A1:A8").Interior.Color = RGB(

End Sub

VBA RGB Example 2.4

Enter the random number as you want.

Code:

Sub RGB_Example2()

  Range("A1:A8").Interior.Color = RGB(0, 255, 255)

End Sub

Example 2.6

Run the code and see the background color.

Output:

VBA RGB Example 2.5.0

The background color has changed.

Things to Remember Here

  • RGB stands for Red, Green, and Blue.
  • A combination of these three colors will give different colors.
  • All these three parameters can accept integer values between 0 to 255 only. It will reset any numbers above this to 255.

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This article has been a guide to VBA RGB. Here, we discuss changing the color of the interior cell (background, font) in Excel VBA by putting different integer numbers in the RGB function with examples and a downloadable Excel template. Below are some useful Excel articles related to VBA: –

  • VBA Font Color
  • Excel VBA Web Scraping
  • Color Index in VBA
  • Class in VBA
  • VBA MsgBox (Yes/No)

In this article, let’s look at the various ways to set or remove the interior/background color of a cell or range – ie to fill the cell.  We’ll also have a look at how to fill a cell/range with a pattern. Finally, we’ll review how to get the color input from the user using xlDialogEditColor and working with color gradients.

Example 1: Set the color of a cell / range

The .Interior.Color property is used to set the color of a cell or a range. There are various methods in which we can do this.

'Using XlRgbColor Enumeration - for few cells in a row
Range("B2:D2").Interior.Color = rgbDarkGreen

'Using Color Constants - for a cell using row and column number
Cells(3, 2).Interior.Color = vbYellow

'Specifying the RGB values - using A1 notation
Range("B4").Interior.Color = RGB(255, 0, 0)

'Using Color Code - for few cells in a column
Range("B5:B6").Interior.Color = 15773696

'Using Color Index - for a range
Range("B7:D8").Interior.ColorIndex = 7

This is how the output will look

For more details, refer to article Excel VBA, Cell Fill Color

Example 2: Set the color of a an entire row

You can use the .Interior.Color property on an entire row. Say you want to highlight all rows where the value of a column satisfies a condition:

Sub highlightRows()
    Dim rowNo As Integer
    For rowNo = 3 To 12
        If Sheet1.Cells(rowNo, 3).Value < 30 Then
            Rows(rowNo).Interior.Color = vbRed
        End If
    Next
End Sub

Here is the Excel before and after executing the code.

Example 3: Set the color of a an entire column

Similar to Example 2, you can fill an entire column using:

'Set color for column
Columns(2).Interior.Color = vbCyan

Example 4: Remove the color from a cell / range

You can also remove the background color of a cell by setting it to xlNone

'Remove color
Range("A1").Interior.Color = xlNone

or you can set a cell to have automatic color using xlColorIndexAutomatic

'Set color to automatic
Range("A1").Interior.ColorIndex = xlColorIndexAutomatic

Example 5: Get the color code of a cell

You can also get the color code of a cell. The line below gets the color code of the color used to fill cell A1 and prints it in cell B1:

'gets the color code used to fill cell A1
Cells(1, 2) = Range("A1").Interior.Color

Example 6: Get the color input from the user using xlDialogEditColor

The xlDialogEditColor is a dialog used to get a color code from the user. This dialog has 2 tabs: Standard and which we will see soon.

Syntax:

intResult = Application.Dialogs(xlDialogEditColor).Show(intIndex, [intRed], [intGreen], [intBlue])

intResult: Zero if the user cancels the dialog and -1 if the user selects a color.
intIndex: Selected color when the edit color dialog is opened. It is also used as an identifier to get the value of the color selected by the user. (More details below).
intRed, intGreen, intBlue: Red, blue and green components of a color

There are 2 methods for calling this dialog:

1. Displaying the standard tab: If only the intIndex is specified and the last 3 parameters are omitted, standard tab will be displayed. intIndex will decide the color index initially selected in the standard tab. This is a number between zero and 56.

intResult = Application.Dialogs(xlDialogEditColor).Show(20)

2. The custom tab is initially displayed. If all the 4 parameters, including the RGB values, are specified, the custom tab will be displayed.

 
intResult = Application.Dialogs(xlDialogEditColor).Show(20, 100, 100, 200) 

So, here is the complete code to get the color code from the user:

Sub changeColor()

Dim intResult As Long, intColor As Long

'displays the color dialog
intResult = Application.Dialogs(xlDialogEditColor).Show(40, 100, 100, 200)

'gets the color selected by the user
intColor = ThisWorkbook.Colors(40)

'changes the fill color of cell A1
Range("A1").Interior.Color = intColor

End Sub

Note: The intIndex specified in the xlDialogEditColor (40 in our example) is also the index used by ThisWorkbook.Colors. You need to make sure that these two numbers match.

Example 7: Gradient’s Colors

You can create a gradient using “xlPatternLinearGradient”

Range("A1").Interior.Pattern = xlPatternLinearGradient

It will look like this:

A gradient can have one or more colorStops, and each ColorStop has a position (a value between 0 and 1) and a color property. When you create a gradient, by default, the gradient has two ColorStop objects. One of the color stop objects has the position 1 and the other has the position 2. In order to be able to fully use the gradient properties in VBA, it is best to change the default positions to 0 and 1. In this way we would be able to have additional positions (colorStops) in between (i.e 0.5, 0.3). Let us now look at an example.

Sub multiColorStops()
Dim objColorStop As ColorStop
Dim lngColor1 As Long

'First create a gradient
Range("A1").Interior.Pattern = xlPatternLinearGradient

'Changes orientation to vertical (default is horizontal) - optional
Range("A1").Interior.Gradient.Degree = 90

'Clears all previous colorStop objects as they are at position 1 and 2
Range("A1").Interior.Gradient.ColorStops.Clear

'Start creating multiple colorStops at various positions from 0 to 1
Set objColorStop = Range("A1").Interior.Gradient.ColorStops.Add(0)

'Set the color for each colorstop
objColorStop.Color = vbYellow

Set objColorStop = Range("A1").Interior.Gradient.ColorStops.Add(0.33)
objColorStop.Color = vbRed

Set objColorStop = Range("A1").Interior.Gradient.ColorStops.Add(0.66)
objColorStop.Color = vbGreen

Set objColorStop = Range("A1").Interior.Gradient.ColorStops.Add(1)
objColorStop.Color = vbBlue

End Sub

The final result will look like this.

For more details, please refer to the article Excel VBA, Gradient’s Colors

Example 8: Color Patterns

Using VBA, you can also apply various patterns to cells in Excel. The patterns available can be seen in the snapshot below (Right click on a Cell > Format Cells > Fill tab > Pattern Style):

The pattern of a cell can be changed using the xlPattern enumeration. The code below changes the pattern of cell A1 to the checker pattern:

range("A1").Interior.Pattern = XlPattern.xlPatternChecker

Result:

You can also change the color of the pattern using the code below:

Range("A1").Interior.PatternColor = vbBlue

Result:

You can get a complete list of the XlPattern Enumeration in Excel here.

To get the index (as specified in the link above) of the pattern applied in a cell use:

MsgBox Range("A1").Interior.Pattern

It will display 9 for the checker pattern that we have applied earlier

For more details, refer to the article Excel VBA, Fill Pattern

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Change Color of Cell – .Interior.ColorIndex

To change the colour of a cell we can use:

Cell.Interior.ColorIndex = Num

Where:
• Cell is the cell reference
• Interior – refers to the colour of the actual cell colour (The interior property)
• Colourindex is a value between 1 and 56 for one of Excel’s 56 predefined colours

And Num is the number colour assigned to the cell. However, it isn’t always easy to remember which number represents which colour. The following subroutine changes the cell colour based on the row number. So for example row 3 will have colour 3 etc.

As there are 56 preset colours in Excel, this means that cells 59, 115 will have the same colour as the cell in row 3:

Option Explicit
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Colour_Range (Sheets("Sheet2").Range("A1:A2000"))
End Sub
Sub Colour_Range(Cell_Range As Range)
' Will Colour each cell in range
Dim Cell
For Each Cell In Cell_Range
Cell.Interior.ColorIndex = Cell.Row Mod 56
Cell.Offset(0, 0).Value = Cell.Row
Next
End Sub

The routine is activated by a click event.

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Excel VBA ColorIndex

  • VBA ColorIndex

VBA ColorIndex Property of Excel VBA is very useful to set the fill colors, border colors and font colors. Excel VBA ColorIndex returns index values from 1 to 56, -4105 and -4142. You can set the default colors using VBA enumeration number -4105 ( or xlColorIndexAutomatic). We can set VBA colorIndex -4142 (or xlColorIndexNone) enumeration to clear the colors or set to no colors.

Excel VBA ColorIndex

Syntax of Excel VBA ColorIndex

Here is the syntax of ColorIndex property of Excel VBA. You can set or return the color index value of the Excel Objects using the following VBA colorindex syntax.

expression.ColorIndex

Excel VBA Syntax to get the ColorIndex Value of the Excel Font, Interior or Border Color and store it in a Variable:

dblColorValue= expression.ColorIndex

Syntax to set the ColorIndex Value in Excel VBA to Excel Color Objects using Excel ColorIndex value:

expression.ColorIndex= IndexValue (1 to 56,-4105 or -4142)

ColorIndex in Excel VBA

Here are the list of Excel VBA ColorIndex Values and respective Colors:

ColorIndex Excel VBA Color ColorIndex Excel VBA Color
1 RGB(0,0,0) 29 RGB(128,0,128)
2 RGB(255,255,255) 30 RGB(128,0,0)
3 RGB(255,0,0) 31 RGB(0,128,128)
4 RGB(0,255,0) 32 RGB(0,0,255)
5 RGB(0,0,255) 33 RGB(0,204,255)
6 RGB(255,255,0) 34 RGB(204,255,255)
7 RGB(255,0,255) 35 RGB(204,255,204)
8 RGB(0,255,255) 36 RGB(255,255,153)
9 RGB(128,0,0) 37 RGB(153,204,255)
10 RGB(0,128,0) 38 RGB(255,153,204)
11 RGB(0,0,128) 39 RGB(204,153,255)
12 RGB(128,128,0) 40 RGB(255,204,153)
13 RGB(128,0,128) 41 RGB(51,102,255)
14 RGB(0,128,128) 42 RGB(51,204,204)
15 RGB(192,192,192) 43 RGB(153,204,0)
16 RGB(128,128,128) 44 RGB(255,204,0)
17 RGB(153,153,255) 45 RGB(255,153,0)
18 RGB(153,51,102) 46 RGB(255,102,0)
19 RGB(255,255,204) 47 RGB(102,102,153)
20 RGB(204,255,255) 48 RGB(150,150,150)
21 RGB(102,0,102) 49 RGB(0,51,102)
22 RGB(255,128,128) 50 RGB(51,153,102)
23 RGB(0,102,204) 51 RGB(0,51,0)
24 RGB(204,204,255) 52 RGB(51,51,0)
25 RGB(0,0,128) 53 RGB(153,51,0)
26 RGB(255,0,255) 54 RGB(153,51,102)
27 RGB(255,255,0) 55 RGB(51,51,153)
28 RGB(0,255,255) 56 RGB(51,51,51)

VBA to Print ColorIndex Table

Here is the Excel VBA Macro to print Excel ColorIndex Values and respective colors in Excel Sheet.
VBA to Print ColorIndex in Excel Range

Sub sbExcel_VBA_PrintColorIndex()
rowCntr = 2
colCntr = 2

For iCntr = 1 To 56

Cells(rowCntr, colCntr).Interior.ColorIndex = iCntr
Cells(rowCntr, colCntr) = iCntr
If iCntr > 1 And iCntr Mod 14 = 0 Then
    colCntr = colCntr + 1
    rowCntr = 2
Else
rowCntr = rowCntr + 1
End If

Next


End Sub

Set ColorIndex in Excel VBA

Here are the list of Excel VBA code to set ColorIndex to a Range of cells in Microsoft Excel Sheet.

Font Colors in Excel VBA

We can set the font colors in Excel VBA using ColorIndex property of Font Object. Here is the simple excel vba font color macro to set the font color of a given range A1:E20.

Sub SetFontColorIndex_Range()
    Range("A1:E20").Font.ColorIndex = 40
End Sub

You can also get the fornt colors using ColorIndex and store it in a variable. Please check the below code snippet:

myVar=Range("A1").Font.ColorIndex

This will return the font color and assign to a variable.

Interior Colors in Excel VBA

We can change the Interior or fill colors of a range using Excel VBA ColorIndex Property. Excel Interior Color macro heps you to change the interior color of an obect.

Sub SetInteriorColorIndex_Range()
    Range("A1:E20").Interior.ColorIndex = 41
End Sub

You can get Cell colors using Excel VBA, here is the get cell color excel vba macro to get the cell background colors.

myVar=Range("A1:E20").Interior.ColorIndex

Border Colors in Excel VBA

ColorIndex property of Borders is very easy to set the border colors in Excel VBA. Here is

Sub SetBordersColorIndex_Range()
Range("A1:E20").Borders.ColorIndex = 42
End Sub

Clear Colors in Excel VBA

Some times we need to fill no colors in Excel, we can clear the Excel Object colors such as font, border and fill colors and set to automatic or no fill color. Here are example macro to clear the color and fill no colors.

Clear Background Color in Excel VBA

We often required to clear the background or fill color of the excel object. We can use the following Excel Macro to clear the background colors and set no interior colors.

Sub SetClearBackgroundColor_ColorIndex_Range()
    Range("A1:E20").Interior.ColorIndex = -4142
End Sub

The above macro will set the Interior.ColorIndex to -4142 enumeration. Interior.ColorIndex = -4142 is enumeration to clear the background or fill color.

Similarly, we can clear the boder colors using Excel VBA as shown below:

Sub SetClearBorders_ColorIndex_Range()
    Range("A1:E20").Borders.ColorIndex = -4142
End Sub

We can set the font colors to default or automatic colors using Excel VBA ColorIndex property of Font object. Here is an example:

Sub SetClearFontColorIndex_Range()
    Range("A1:E20").Font.ColorIndex = -4105
End Sub

VBA Colors

We can set the colors in VBA using many approaches. We use ColorIndex Property, VBA Color Constants or set RGB Colors. We have already seen how to use ColorIndex in Excel VBA. Let us see the Excel VBA Color Constants and RGB Colors.

Excel VBA Color Constants

We can use the VBA Color Constants to set the colors of Excel Objects. Here is an easy to understand example:

Sub sbExcel_VBA_ColorConstants()
Cells(2, 4).Interior.Color = vbBlack
Cells(3, 4).Interior.Color = vbRed
Cells(4, 4).Interior.Color = vbGreen
Cells(5, 4).Interior.Color = vbYellow
Cells(6, 4).Interior.Color = vbBlue
Cells(7, 4).Interior.Color = vbMagenta
Cells(8, 4).Interior.Color = vbCyan
Cells(9, 4).Interior.Color = vbWhite

End Sub
VBA Color Constant VALUE Excel VBA Color & RGB
vbBlack 0x0 RGB(0,0,0)
vbRed 0xFF RGB(255,0,0)
vbGreen 0xFF00 RGB(0,255,0)
vbYellow 0xFFFF RGB(255,255,0)
vbBlue 0xFF0000 RGB(0,0,255)
vbMagenta 0xFF00FF RGB(255,0,255)
vbCyan 0xFFFF00 RGB(0,255,255)
vbWhite 0xFFFFFF RGB(255,255,255)

RGB Colors in Excel VBA

We have only few color codes when we use Constants or ColorIndex Property. RGB helps us to use all possible combination of colors with Red, Green and Blue. Here is a simple Excel macro to explain the RGB in VBA.

Sub ChangeBackgourdColorRGB_Range()
    Range("A1:E20").Interior.Color = rgb(125, 205, 99)
End Sub

RGB color can be any number between 0 and 255. Here are the list of RGB colors for Excel VBA ColorIndex color codes:
Excel VBA ColorIndex with RGB

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Change the Colors of Cells Using Excel Visual Basic

Interior (Background) Color:

The general format is:

Range("Cell_Range").Interior.Color = RGB(R, G, B)

OR:

Range("Cell_Range").Interior.ColorIndex = index_ID

Font Color:

The general format is:

Range("Cell_Range").Font.Color = RGB(R, G, B)

OR

Range("Cell_Range").Font.ColorIndex = index_ID

Cell Border Color:

The general format is:

Range("Cell_Range").Borders.Color = RGB(R, G, B)

OR

Range("Cell_Range").Borders.ColorIndex = 49

OR

Range("Cell_Range").Borders(Which_Border).Color =RGB(R, G, B)

Cell_Range indicates Which cells you want to be colored. (R,G,B) indicates how much (R)ed, (G)reen, and (B)lue you want to include in the color. Each RGB value has a maximum value of 255 and a minimum of 0. RGB(255,0,0) uses maximum red with no other colors, making the color red.  RGB(0,255,0) uses no red or blue with a maximum green, making the color green. RGB(150,20,150) makes it this color.

index_ID is a pre-determined color that can be determined from this list: Color Options

Which_border, for the border colors, indicates the desired border to change the color of

Example 1: Change the Interior Color of a Cell

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
     Range("A1:A10").Interior.Color = RGB(255, 0, 0)
    
     Range("B1:B10").Interior.ColorIndex = 49
 End Sub

One line uses RGB values to set part of column “A” to a background of red. The other uses ColorIndex to change it to a blue color. It looks like the image below when executed.

Example1

Example 2: Change the Font Color of a Cell

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
     Range("A1:A10").Font.Color = RGB(255, 0, 0)
    
     Range("B1:B10").Font.ColorIndex = 49
 End Sub

The first line changes the font in part of column A to a red color. The second line uses ColorIndex to change the font in part of column B to a dark blue color.

Example2.png

Example 3: Change the Border Color of a Cell

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
     Range("A1:A10").Borders.Color = RGB(255, 0, 0)
    
     Range("B1:B10").Borders.ColorIndex = 49
    
     Range("D1:D10").Borders(xlLeft).Color = RGB(0, 0, 255)
     Range("D1:D10").Borders(xlBottom).Color = RGB(255, 0, 255)
    
     Range("E1:E10").Borders(xlRight).ColorIndex = 4
     Range("E1:E10").Borders(xlTop).ColorIndex = 51
 End Sub

The first line changes all the borders of the A column range to RGB(255,0,0), which is red. The second line uses colorIndex to change all the borders in the B column range to a dark blue. Lines 4 through 8 show specific borders being colored.

Example3.png

Example 4: Background, Font, and Border Color Change

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
     Range("A1:A10").Interior.Color = RGB(0, 0, 128)
     Range("A1:A10").Font.Color = RGB(255, 255, 255)
     Range("A1:A10").Borders.ColorIndex = 53
 End Sub

Example4

Some Possible Colors Choices: Color Options

Color Index_ID R G B
1 0 0 0
2 255 255 255
3 255 0 0
4 0 255 0
5 0 0 255
6 255 255 0
7 255 0 255
8 0 255 255
9 128 0 0
10 0 128 0
11 0 0 128
12 128 128 0
13 128 0 128
14 0 128 128
15 192 192 192
16 128 128 128
17 153 153 255
18 153 51 102
19 255 255 204
20 204 255 255
21 102 0 102
22 255 128 128
23 0 102 204
24 204 204 255
25 0 0 128
26 255 0 255
27 255 255 0
28 0 255 255
29 128 0 128
30 128 0 0
31 0 128 128
32 0 0 255
33 0 204 255
34 204 255 255
35 204 255 204
36 255 255 153
37 153 204 255
38 255 153 204
39 204 153 255
40 255 204 153
41 51 102 255
42 51 204 204
43 153 204 0
44 255 204 0
45 255 153 0
46 255 102 0
47 102 102 153
48 150 150 150
49 0 51 102
50 51 153 102
51 0 51 0
52 51 51 0
53 153 51 0
54 153 51 102
55 51 51 153
56 51 51 51

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