I'm not sure what the problem is or what you are asking. However it seems to
relate to what colorindex is applied after the 56th series. Briefly, the
'automatic' colours for series start with 17 (or 25) and are applied
sequentially, at 56 they roll over to 1. However after every 56th series a
different grey pattern is applied giving the visual effect of a new set of
56 colours. To prevent patterns after the 56th, apply .pattern = 1.

More here
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Regards,
Peter T


"Bob Barnes" wrote in message
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Has anyone encountered this? TIA - Bob

Sub ColorBySeriesName()
Dim rPatterns As Range
Dim iSeries As Long
Dim rSeries As Range
Set rPatterns = ActiveSheet.Range("A1:H66")
With ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("Chart 1").Chart
For iSeries = 1 To .SeriesCollection.Count
Set rSeries = rPatterns.Find(What:=.SeriesCollection(iSeries).Na me)
If Not rSeries Is Nothing Then
'Gets near end of the SeriesCollection (56th of 66) & doesn't assign
correct
'ColorIndex
.SeriesCollection(iSeries).Interior.ColorIndex =
rSeries.Interior.ColorIndex
End If
Next
End With
End Sub