just refer to the cells

target.offset(0,1).Interior.ColorIndex = 5

or

cells(Target.row,"F").Interior.ColorIndex = 5

as examples.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Winshent" wrote in message
om...
i have some code which validates a row.. and compares two columns in
the row. The code is triggered from Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal
Target As Range) within the worksheet.

i want to be able to set the colours of the cells if they do not pass
validation.. how can i do this with selecting the actual cell?

Thanks

Vincent