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BackColor property (Excel Graph)

Returns a ChartColorFormat object that represents the fill background color.

Syntax

expression.BackColor

expression Required. An expression that returns a ChartColorFormat object.

Example

This example sets the gradient, background color, and foreground color for the chart area fill.

With myChart.ChartArea.Fill 
 .Visible = True 
 .ForeColor.SchemeColor = 15 
 .BackColor.SchemeColor = 17 
 .TwoColorGradient msoGradientHorizontal, 1 
End With

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