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

To get the color of a cell in a Range, you need to reference the individual cell inside the array in the form of Range("A1","C3").Cells(1,1) (for cell A1). The Excel help is pretty good if you look up the name of the property you're having issues with.

Also, Excel 2007 uses Integers for its color types, so your best bet is to assign the color index to an integer, and using that throughout your program. For your example, try:

Green = Range("A1","C3").Cells(1,1).Interior.Color
Yellow = Range("A1","C3").Cells(1,3).Interior.Color
Red = Range("A1","C3").Cells(2,1).Interior.Color

And then to switch the colors to all red:

Range("A1","C3").Interior.Color = Red

Again, check the Excel help for how to use Cells([RowIndex],[ColumnIndex]).

If the above doesn't work for you, check to see what .Interior.PatternColorIndex is equal to. I typically leave it set at xlAutomatic (solid color), and it could be set to something else if the color isn't changing.