{"id":3183,"date":"2018-10-11T07:55:53","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T07:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/?p=3183"},"modified":"2024-03-29T15:55:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T15:55:39","slug":"check-cell-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/vba\/check-cell-color\/","title":{"rendered":"Check Cell Color in VBA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Each color in Excel has its index. You can get both background and font color with a shortcode. Let\u2019s use the following example to illustrate how the code works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Example<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"186\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/cell-colors.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/cell-colors.png 186w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/cell-colors-174x300.png 174w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Check cell background-color<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to check the <a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/vba\/change-cell-color-based-on-value-with-vba\/\">cell background color<\/a>, you have to use VBA. Press <strong>Alt + F11<\/strong> to open VBA Editor. Insert a new module into the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will use this function to determine the <a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/examples\/change-background-color\/\">background color<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>Function CheckBackgroundColor(cell As Range)\n    If (cell.Cells.Count &gt; 1) Then\n        CheckBackgroundColor = \"Enter one cell\"\n        Exit Function\n    Else\n        CheckBackgroundColor = cell.Interior.Color\n    End If\nEnd Function<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>code explanation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following function checks whether the range parameter is only a single cell. If it\u2019s not, it will display a text informing you to enter a single cell as a parameter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you entered a single cell, the function displays its background color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Check cell font color<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can quickly modify this function to work also with <a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/training\/color-type-and-font-size\/\">font color<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>Function CheckFontColor(cell As Range)\n    If (cell.Cells.Count &gt; 1) Then\n        CheckFontColor = \"Enter one cell\"\n        Exit Function\n    Else\n        CheckFontColor = cell.Font.Color\n    End If\nEnd Function<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>This will give us the following result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"346\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/hex-values.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/hex-values.png 346w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/hex-values-300x277.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What you get is a color in decimal form. You may want to convert them into hexadecimal form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>=DEC2HEX(C2)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>If you use it for the white text you will get <strong>FFFFFF<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each color in Excel has its index. You can get both background and font color with a shortcode. Let\u2019s use the following example&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[190],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Check Cell Color in VBA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn how to check cell background and font color in Excel using VBA. 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