When you have created a drawing object, you can fill it with a color of your choosing. This is easy to do by following these steps:
Once you select a color, Excel removes the color menu and fills the interior of the shape with the color selected. To remove a color you previously used, you can repeat the same steps, but in step 4 choose No Fill.
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2015-10-02 10:07:20
David
Private Sub Workbook_SheetChange(ByVal Sh As Object, ByVal Target As Range)
' Change object color when value in cell is changed
Dim Quantity As Double
Dim Color As Long ' variable for color based on cell value
Quantity = Range("I35").Value ' cell value changing object color
Select Case Quantity
Case Is <= 0: Exit Sub
Case 1 To 10: Color = vbRed
Case 11 To 20: Color = vbYellow
Case 21 To 30: Color = vbGreen
Case 31 To 40: Color = vbBlue
Case Is > 40: Color = vbBlack
End Select
ActiveSheet.Shapes.Range(Array("U-Turn Arrow 1")).Select
With Selection.ShapeRange.Fill
.Visible = msoTrue
.ForeColor.RGB = Color 'varible color value set in case statement
.Transparency = 0
.Solid
End With
End Sub
2013-05-13 08:42:30
Don
Mike...I think you are right, using VBA would be the way to go.
As to linking the color to the value of a cell, that would probably need to be done through the Worksheet_Change event, then using a Select Case for the color changes.
2013-05-11 08:29:52
Mike
I think you'd have to write some Visual Basic code to achieve this, because in effect you want to test the value of the cell to determine the colour to use. Cell colour is a property which can be set using a Visual Basic procedure. You might be able to do it using a macro, but the later versions of Excel actually use Visual Basic as the macro language.
2013-05-11 07:31:14
Mike
Is there a way to link the colour fill of a shape to a value generated in a cell so that if the value is 1- 10, the shape would be red, 11-20 = yellow, etc?
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