Basically, you'll need to create some dummy series. Jon Peltier gives
excellent examples of how to create horizontal bands he

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/ChartsH...orizBands.html

Other background fills:

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/BackgroundFill.html
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Luke M
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"Frank" wrote:

I am creating a chart and want the chart background above a certain value to
be of a different color (to indicate a maximum allowable value has been
exceeded). An alternative would be to jus have the gridline & axis value of
a different color/thickness/etc