You cannot color the cells to select from in a dropdown list .

You can color the item selected using Conditional Formatting but that's all.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP



On Wed, 27 May 2009 00:56:01 -0700, ÉannaD
wrote:

I want to create drop down lists within excel. The list needs to contain
colours only as the colours represent specific items. Is this possible? And
if so, could someone please give me the formula required or a step by step
guide on how to do it.

Cheers