Try Conditional Formatting

Suppose you want this to happen in say, col E
Select col E
Click Format Conditional Formatting
Make the settings as:

For Condition 1:
Formula Is| =AND(E1<"",ISNUMBER(E1),E1=0)
Click Format button Patterns tab Light green? OK

Click Add

For Condition 2:
Formula Is| =AND(E1<"",ISNUMBER(E1),E1<0)
Click Format button Patterns tab Pink? OK

Click OK at the main dialog

Now test it out by inputting some negative, positive values, zeroes and some
text (e.g.: "ABC") in col E ..

The cells' fill color should appear accordingly for the numbers, any cell
with text entered or empty cells should not trigger the C.F. (i.e. no
formatting should occur)
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Bob T <Bob wrote in message
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I'd like to make a cell change color or the cell's font change color as
the
number in the cell changes from negative to positive or vice versa?