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    Change drop down list color cell based on range of values

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    I have an Excel sheet used to record working hours for some projects. I am trying to change the cell color of the dropdownlist cell in column "A" based on the color of a range of cells in BP2:BP14 where I write the names of the projects I work on, where every project has a different color. I'd like the dropdownlist cell, i.e. A9, to have the same color of the project cell (i.e. a = yellow, etc.). Is it possible with conditional formatting or do I need to use VBA?

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    Re: Change drop down list color cell based on range of values

    Welcome to the forum.

    For CF, you would need to set up one rule per colour.

    I cannot see the detail in your screenshot - it is better to attach a workbook.
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    Re: Change drop down list color cell based on range of values

    ok thanks. i have done it for one cell (A9) and it works. but now when i copy the conditional formatting created to the other cells of the column, the same rules do not apply. how can i do? do have i to rewrite the cell references for every cell in the column?

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    Re: Change drop down list color cell based on range of values

    I don't know any way in which standard Excel functions can recognise the colour index of a cell. Being able to write a conditional format is dependent on having a value to work with. Almost certainly you'll need VBA

    However you could manually enter the colour index of every colour in BQ alongside the project name in BP. Then use a Conditional format function for each colour

    =VLOOKUP(A1,$BP$1:$BQ$nn,2,FALSE)

    will return the colour index, 3 = red, 10 = green etc.

    As Ali said, upload the workbook. You make it very difficult for us if we can't see the question in context.
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