How to determine and identify the background color index of cells in Excel?
When you receive a sheet with multiple colorful cells as below screenshot shown, in some cases, you may want to identify the background color index of these color cells. There is no built-in feature that can determine the color index of a cell, but, in this article, I introduce some VBA codes to solve this job in Excel quickly.
Identify the color of cell with VBA
Identify the color of cell with VBA
Do as following steps to determine the color of the cell by VBA.
1. Press Alt + F11 keys to enable the Microsoft Visual Basic for Application window.
2. Click Insert > Module to open a new Module and paste below VBA code to the blank script. See screenshot:
VBA: Get traditional hex code of cell
Function getRGB1(FCell As Range) As String
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Dim xColor As String
xColor = CStr(FCell.Interior.Color)
xColor = Right("000000" & Hex(xColor), 6)
getRGB1 = Right(xColor, 2) & Mid(xColor, 3, 2) & Left(xColor, 2)
End Function |
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3. Save the code and close the VBA window. Select a blank cell next to the colored cell, type this formula, =getRGB1(A16), then drag the autofill handle over the cells you want to use. See screenshot:
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Tip: there are some other codes can identify the color index of cell.
1. VBA: Decimal value for each code
Function getRGB2(FCell As Range) As String
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Dim xColor As Long
Dim R As Long, G As Long, B As Long
xColor = FCell.Interior.Color
R = xColor Mod 256
G = (xColor \ 256) Mod 256
B = (xColor \ 65536) Mod 256
getRGB2 = "R=" & R & ", G=" & G & ", B=" & B
End FunctionResult:
2. VBA: Decimal values
Function getRGB3(FCell As Range, Optional Opt As Integer = 0) As Long
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Dim xColor As Long
Dim R As Long, G As Long, B As Long
xColor = FCell.Interior.Color
R = xColor Mod 256
G = (xColor \ 256) Mod 256
B = (xColor \ 65536) Mod 256
Select Case Opt
Case 1
getRGB3 = R
Case 2
getRGB3 = G
Case 3
getRGB3 = B
Case Else
getRGB3 = xColor
End Select
End FunctionResult:
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