Hello great.bean,
The background colors of the cells are controlled by Excel's color palette of 56 predefined colors. Each color has a unique number. This is the ColorIndex. To say that background colors are not in the ColorIndex list, suggests to me, he may have defined some custom colors or the boss' monitor is not rendering the colors same as on your machine.
Here is how you can retrieve the ColorIndex of the ActiveCell. Select the cell you want the ColorIndex for, and run this macro using ALT+F8. The message box will display the value.
Adding the Macro
1. Copy the macro above pressing the keys CTRL+C
2. Open your workbook
3. Press the keys ALT+F11 to open the Visual Basic Editor
4. Press the keys ALT+I to activate the Insert menu
5. Press M to insert a Standard Module
6. Paste the code by pressing the keys CTRL+V
7. Make any custom changes to the macro if needed at this time.
8. Save the Macro by pressing the keys CTRL+S
9. Press the keys ALT+Q to exit the Editor, and return to Excel.
To Run the Macro...
To run the macro from Excel, open the workbook, and press ALT+F8 to display the Run Macro Dialog. Double Click the macro's name to Run it.
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