Set background colour of cell to RGB value of data in cell

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I have a column containing RGB values, e.g.:

127,187,199
67,22,94

In Excel, is there any way I can use this to set the background colour of the cell?

5 Answers
Sub AddColor()
    For Each cell In Selection
        R = Round(cell.Value)
        G = Round(cell.Offset(0, 1).Value)
        B = Round(cell.Offset(0, 2).Value)
        Cells(cell.Row, 1).Resize(1, 4).Interior.Color = RGB(R, G, B)
    Next cell
End Sub

Assuming that there are 3 columns R, G and B (in this order). Select first column ie R. press alt+F11 and run the above code. We have to select the first column (containing R or red values) and run the code every time we change the values to reflect the changes.

I hope this simpler code helps !

To color each cell based on its current integer value, the following should work, if you have a recent version of Excel. (Older versions don't handle rgb as well)

Sub Colourise()
'
' Colourise Macro
'
' Colours all selected cells, based on their current integer rgb value
' For e.g. (it's a bit backward from what you might expect)
' 255 = #ff0000 = red
' 256*255 = #00ff00 = green
' 256*256*255 #0000ff = blue
' 255 + 256*256*255 #ff00ff = magenta
' and so on...
'
' Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+C (or whatever you want to set it to)
'
  For Each cell In Selection
    If WorksheetFunction.IsNumber(cell) Then
      cell.Interior.Color = cell.Value
    End If
  Next cell
End Sub

If instead of a number you have a string then you can split the string into three numbers and combine them using rgb().

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