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    27/11/2020 vba - Excel Formula Cell Based on Background color - Stack Overflow

    Excel Formula Cell Based on Background color


    Asked 3 years, 9 months ago Active 9 months ago Viewed 22k times

    I need a formula in EXCEL that place a number 1 in the cell next to the cell where the cell background is RED. See example below.

    Is this possible at all without VBA?

    vba excel excel-formula formulas

    edited Mar 6 '18 at 8:59 asked Feb 2 '17 at 9:38


    CallumDA Etienne
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    Not possible without VBA. Very simple with VBA... your choice – CallumDA Feb 2 '17 at 9:52

    Can you give me the answer in VBA then and where to place the code? – Etienne Feb 2 '17 at 9:52

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    Open the VBA editor and add a new module. Do this by going to the Developer tab and clicking Visual Basic . If you don't have the
    developer tab on the ribbon you will need to add it (do a quick Google search). Once the VBA editor is open, right click on the VBA
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    Place the following code into the new module:

    Function IsRed(rng As Range) As Integer


    IsRed = (rng.Interior.Color = vbRed) * -1
    End Function

    then you can use the formula =IsRed(A1) to determine if A1 has a red background

    note: this uses the default red in the standard colours

    answered Feb 2 '17 at 9:56


    CallumDA
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    Thank you very much! Yes very easy! – Etienne Feb 2 '17 at 11:57

    This can be done from Name Manager this can be accessed by pressing Ctrl + F3 .

    6 You will want to create a named reference (i called this "color") and have it refer to =GET.CELL(63,OFFSET(INDIRECT("RC",FALSE),0,-1)) in
    the formula bar.

    Now you can use this 1 cell to the right to determine the color index number of a cell:

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    So as red is color index 3 in the cell next to it you can apply the formula:

    =IF(color=3,1,0)

    answered Feb 2 '17 at 10:11


    Glitch_Doctor
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    You can achieve it manually without VBA using an autofilter:

    4 1. Make sure you have a title above the column with colours and above the column where you want the value 1 placed
    2. Add an Autofilter (Select both columns, click the Filter button on the Data tab of the ribbon)

    3. Click the drop down filter on the column with colours, then click on Filter by Colour, the choose the Red colour
    4. In your second column, enter a 1 in every visible cell. (Enter 1 in the first cell, then fill down. Or, select all cells, type 1 then press
    ctrl-enter)

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