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# ##0;[Color n] (#,##0)

Where n is the number of a colour in the Excel colour palette (1 - 56)

Mike

"wilchong via OfficeKB.com" wrote:

I have a question regarding the color in Excel. In normal time, if I want
the negative number shown in Red color, then I will formate a cell with【#,
##0;[Red] (#,##0)】. My question is that what happen if I want some other
color apart from the mainstream color (e.g black, green etc), how can I
easily formate it? What I mean is there any special color index code which I
can fill to the Excel formula, instead of just put [Red].

Many thanks,

Wilchong

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