Sort rows by cell color

Why not sort by the criteria that established the colors.

An alternative solution can be found here: http://www.datapigtechnologies.com/f...rtonColor.html

Where did the colors come from to begin with? Conditional formatting?

Originally Posted by Sgligori

rows are colored based on a column in the data. VBA does the conditional formatting

In a spare column, can you use that column to add a 1, 2, or 3 to the three colors (Red, Yellow, or Green) and then sort by that new column.

rows are colored based on a column in the data.

Why not sort on this criteria

Originally Posted by Sgligori

If I knew how to sort based on any criteria I wouldn't ask how to sort based on color.

Does anyone on this forum know how to sort by color?? Red- Yellow-Green?

You may not believe it, but Alan and I are simply trying to help, but I guess you don't see it.

We are simply asking, what is the condition you are using to generate the colors? If you can apply CF to generate the color, you should be able to use that same criteria to create a way to sort.

Example: Let's say Red is generated because column A says "up". Yellow is because column A say "even", and green is column A, "down".

Now you could use a formula in an empty column to say, =LOOKUP(A2,{"down","even","up"},{3,2,1})

This would generate your list to sort, but then again, what do I know. I just come here for free...

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