Excel 2007 conditional formatting - how to get cell color?

Question

Let\'s assume i have the following range from (a1:c3)

  A B C
1 -1 1 1
2 -1 0 0
3  0 0 1

Now i have selected the following range, and forma

Answer 1

As a follow up to @richardtallent (sorry, I couldn't do comments), the following link will get you a function that returns you the color index by evaluating the conditional formatting for you.

http://www.bettersolutions.com/excel/EPX299/LI041931911.htm