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Default/no fill colour is grey
Normal style is for the current workbook only. IF XLSTART folder is empty (how to find depends on version https://support.office.com/en-us/article/automatically-open-a-specific-workbook-or-template-when-you-start-excel-be9cddc1-a148-4cbf-8f3b-779df08957a3) it's better to re-install the Office.
Simple re-install won't help since office keeps all settings, you need to uninstall with fix https://support.office.com/en-us/article/uninstall-office-from-a-pc-9dd49b83-264a-477a-8fcc-2fdf5dbf61d8?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US or fix manually https://support.office.com/en-us/article/manually-uninstall-office-4e2904ea-25c8-4544-99ee-17696bb3027b
Normal style is for the current workbook only. IF XLSTART folder is empty (how to find depends on version https://support.office.com/en-us/article/automatically-open-a-specific-workbook-or-template-when-you-start-excel-be9cddc1-a148-4cbf-8f3b-779df08957a3) it's better to re-install the Office.
Simple re-install won't help since office keeps all settings, you need to uninstall with fix https://support.office.com/en-us/article/uninstall-office-from-a-pc-9dd49b83-264a-477a-8fcc-2fdf5dbf61d8?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US or fix manually https://support.office.com/en-us/article/manually-uninstall-office-4e2904ea-25c8-4544-99ee-17696bb3027b
***UPDATE*** It turns out I had manually changed the Window section of the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors in the registry from 255 255 255 to 215 215 215. Apparently Excel reads this item in the registry and changes the No Fill attribute color accordingly. Registry editors beware!
I have this issue too and I can't fix it. If I uninstall and re-install Office 365 it goes away and I can work in a document once or twice with the "no fill" cells showing correctly but then after I close and re-open excel it comes back and all no fill cells are now grey. After this the program sometimes freezes or crashes when I use the pop-up menu to try and change the cell fill color. Don't know what to do anymore.
