Programmatically apply color to Excel ranges

To apply a color to text within a range of cells, use a NamedRange control or a native Excel range object.

Applies to: The information in this topic applies to document-level projects and VSTO Add-in projects for Excel. For more information, see Features available by Office application and project type.

Use a NamedRange control

This example is for document-level customizations.

Create a NamedRange control at cell A1.

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.NamedRange rng =
    this.Controls.AddNamedRange(this.Range["A1"], "NamedRange1");

Dim rng As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.NamedRange = _
    Me.Controls.AddNamedRange(Me.Range("A1"), "NamedRange1")

Set the color of the text in the NamedRange control.

rng.Font.Color = System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.ToOle(System.Drawing.Color.Red);

rng.Font.Color = System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.ToOle(System.Drawing.Color.Red)

Create a range at cell A1 and then set the color of the text.

Excel.Range rng2 = this.Application.get_Range("A1");
rng2.Font.Color = System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.ToOle(System.Drawing.Color.Red);

Dim rng2 As Excel.Range = Me.Application.Range("A1")
rng2.Font.Color = System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.ToOle(System.Drawing.Color.Red)