How do I use custom color in conditional formatting?

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Select the color range. On the Home tab, click on Conditional Formatting Manage Rules. In the Conditional Formatting Rules Manager, select the Conditional Format and click on Edit Rule. In the Edit Formatting Rule dialog, click on the color dropdown and choose More Colors.

How do I get cell color from conditional formatting?

Quick formatting

Select one or more cells in a range, table, or PivotTable report.
On the Home tab, in the Styles group, click the arrow next to Conditional Formatting, and then click Color Scales.
Select a two-color scale. Hover over the color scale icons to see which icon is a two-color scale.

Can you conditional format based on color?

Click on the Conditional Formatting to open a new pane on the right. Select the single color tab. Hover over Format Rules and choose the “Custom formula if” option.

How do I change the color of a cell based on a condition?

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Select cell A2.
click Conditional Formatting on the Home ribbon.
click New Rule.
click Use a formula to determine which cells to format.
click into the formula box and enter the formula.
click the Format button and select a red color.

How do you change the color of a rule in Excel based on value?

On the Home tab, in the Styles group, click Conditional Formatting > New Rule… (see step 2 of How to dynamically change a cell color based on value for step-by-step guidance). In the “New Formatting Rule” dialog, select the option “Use a formula to determine which cells to format”.

How do I make Excel yes green without red?

If you want to create a YES or NO drop down list with color in Excel, please do as follows:

Select the list you will fill with the YES or NO drop down list, and click Data > Data Validation > Data Validation.
Select the table without header row, and click Home > Conditional Formatting > New Rule.

How do you change the color of a rule in excel based on value?

How do I make Yes appear green in Excel?

Click the drop down list for formats, and click Custom Format. In the Format Cells window, click the Fill tab, and click on the green fill colour that you want.

How do I change the color of a cell in Excel based on text?

Apply conditional formatting based on text in a cell

Select the cells you want to apply conditional formatting to. Click the first cell in the range, and then drag to the last cell.
Click HOME > Conditional Formatting > Highlight Cells Rules > Text that Contains.
Select the color format for the text, and click OK.

How do you make a cell green or red in excel based on value?

Click “greater than”, then in the value option box, click on the cell criteria you want it to be less than, than use the format drop-down to select your color. For the second, Click “less than”, then in the value option box, type “=. 9*” and then click the cell criteria, then use the formatting just like step 1.

How do I change the fill color in Excel based on value?

In the Format Cells dialog box, switch to the Fill tab and select the color of your choice, the reddish color in our case, and click OK. Now you are back to the New Formatting Rule window and the preview of your format changes is displayed in the Preview box. If everything is Okay, click the OK button.

How do I change the color of a cell in Excel based on value in a cell?

How do you change the fill color in Excel?

How Do You Fill a Cell with Color in Excel?

Open your spreadsheet in Excel.
Select the cell or cells to color.
Click the Home tab at the top of the window.
Click the down arrow to the right of the Fill Color button.
Choose the color to use to fill the cell(s.)

How do I use custom color in conditional formatting?