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Laurie McDowell's avatar
Laurie McDowell
Copper Contributor
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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Kevin Lehrbass
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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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Martina0503
Copper Contributor
Jan 18, 2019

Hi, I got this solution to work for when I manually apply a color to a cell, but it is not working for cells that are highlighted because of the Conditional Formatting I apply on duplicate rows.

I want to easily filter duplicate rows but filtering on color is not working for more than a couple hundred rows....

 

Thanks!

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