I have a question on conditional formatting based on another cell's color. Say for example, cells A2 to A5 are grouped with A1 being the parent. A2 to A5 is either green or red and if any of those 4 cells are red then the parent, A1, needs to be red but if A2 to A5 are all...
Conditional Formatting based on the color of cell I have a question on conditional formatting based on another cell's color. Say for example, cells A2 to A5 are grouped with A1 being the parent. A2 to A5 is either green or red and if any of those 4...Show More Repl...
Excel's predefined conditional formatting, such asData Bars,Color ScalesandIcon Sets, are mainly purposed to format cells based on their own values. If you want to apply conditional formatting based on another cell or format an entire row based on a single cell's value, then you will need ...
Re: Conditional formatting based on Cell selection what cells are these in and AND() with an OR() would do it RED =OR(AND( cell with drop down = "A" ,cell with values <10) ,AND( cell with drop down = "B" ,cell with values <5) ) format red =OR(AND( cell with drop dow...
In this article, we will learn about how to use Conditional formatting based on another cell value in Excel.In simple words, We need to view highlighted data on the basis of values in another cell. Conditional Formatting is used to highlight the data on the basis of some criteria. It ...
If you're trying toretrieve the colors of a cell in a traditional way, you'll only get the cell's default colors, ignoring any conditional formatting. To retrieve the displayed color (taking into account conditional formatting), simply addDisplayFormatto your code. ...
Conditional formatting can help make patterns and trends in your data more apparent. To use it, you create rules that determine the format of cells based on their values, such as the following monthly temperature data with cell colors tied to cell values. You can apply ...
Select all the cells that need to be colored. Usually we color a cell based an its value and use the [Cell Value Is ] in the conditional formatting box. To format cells based on other cells you need the [Cell Formula Is]. We use the=INDIRECT()function to get the value of column ...
4. Click OK, then select a cell whose font and background color you want to count the cells based on. See screenshot:5. Click OK. Then a dialog pops out to tell you how many cells have the same background color and font color with the selected cell in the range.Count...
Using search it seems that there isnt a way to do this, but people seem to find very clever ways of getting round the problem, so maybe you can help here. I hav