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Change cell background color using VBA

Applies to: Microsoft Office Excel 2003

Applies to
Microsoft Office Excel 2003

This article was adapted from MrExcel.com. Visit the MrExcel.com Web site for more tips and information.

How can you modify the background color of a cell by using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)?

You have to use the Interior property of the cell, and then:

You can use ColorIndex (to use one of the 56 "preset" colors in Excel):
```
ActiveCell.Interior.ColorIndex = 36
```

Or you can use Color:

Range("A1:A6").Interior.Color = RGB(200,160,35)