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Laurie McDowell's avatar
Laurie McDowell
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Jun 15, 2017

Formula or function for IF statement based on cell color

I don't know how to code in VBA but am trying to automate an if/then calculation based on cell color. As shown in the picture, if the colors of the cells in column B are the same as those in Column G...
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  • Kevin Lehrbass's avatar
    Kevin Lehrbass
    Jun 15, 2017

    Step 1 Paste code (found at bottom) into a new module. ALT F11 shortcut should open the code area.
    Step 2 In cell O1 paste formula: =InteriorColor(B1) drag formula down
    Step 3 In cell P1 paste formula: =InteriorColor(G1) drag formula down
    Step 4 In cell L1 paste formula: =IF(O1<>P1,F1+K1,ABS(F1-K1)) drag formula down

     

    Does this work for you Laurie?

    Cheers,

    Kevin

     

    Function InteriorColor(CellColor As Range)
    Application.Volatile
    InteriorColor = CellColor.Interior.ColorIndex
    End Function 

     

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Ade_Salmon
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May 04, 2019

I have created a spreadsheet that has multiple cells that go red based on conditional formatting. I have another sheet that has hyperlink cells to the other sheets, can I get these hyperlink cells to go red if any of the cells on the hyperlinked sheet is red 

Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
Me.Range("B4").Interior.Color = Me.Range("A1").DisplayFormat.Interior.Color
End Sub

this works on the same sheet but as soon as you introduce multiple cells it turns black 

Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
Me.Range("B4").Interior.Color = Me.Range("A1:B1:C1").DisplayFormat.Interior.Color
End Sub

or cells from another sheet it fails error code 1004

Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
Me.Range("B4").Interior.Color = Me.Range("Greenbrook!$C$3").DisplayFormat.Interior.Color
End Sub

I tried this across sheet, this is for a single cell, I'm hoping to be able to look at all cells on the said sheet and show red if any cell on the other sheet are red

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