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From a spreadsheet I was using a while back and now updating, I had some
cells which had a pattern and a `fill` colour in them, I am sure I did this
from Format cells /Pattern /Colour.
It was a light browny beige colour but there does not appear to be a match
for it on the drop down color menu so when I take the nearest colour to it I
have two different shades. I cant fathom this out, have I maybe accessed a
tranclucent colour from somewhere that would make the older ones appear
lighter. I could change them all to the new slightly darker shade (but
prefer the lighter) but would still like to know what I have done.

Any ideas, I hope I have explained ok.
Sounds like a custom colour. If you go to Toolsgt;Optionsgt;Color, you should
see some extra colours in the dialog, maybe it is there. If so, you could
select it, and clickgt;Modifygt;Custom and get its RGB value. You could then
select a standard colour and set that to the RGB value, thus creating an
easily accessed colour.

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HTH

Bob Phillips

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quot;S Squot; gt; wrote in message .uk...
gt; From a spreadsheet I was using a while back and now updating, I had some
gt; cells which had a pattern and a `fill` colour in them, I am sure I did
this
gt; from Format cells /Pattern /Colour.
gt; It was a light browny beige colour but there does not appear to be a match
gt; for it on the drop down color menu so when I take the nearest colour to it
I
gt; have two different shades. I cant fathom this out, have I maybe accessed a
gt; tranclucent colour from somewhere that would make the older ones appear
gt; lighter. I could change them all to the new slightly darker shade (but
gt; prefer the lighter) but would still like to know what I have done.
gt;
gt; Any ideas, I hope I have explained ok.
gt;
gt;
Thanks Bob thats it sorted.quot;Bob Phillipsquot; gt; wrote in message
...
gt; Sounds like a custom colour. If you go to Toolsgt;Optionsgt;Color, you should
gt; see some extra colours in the dialog, maybe it is there. If so, you could
gt; select it, and clickgt;Modifygt;Custom and get its RGB value. You could then
gt; select a standard colour and set that to the RGB value, thus creating an
gt; easily accessed colour.
gt;
gt; --
gt; HTH
gt;
gt; Bob Phillips
gt;
gt; (remove xxx from email address if mailing direct)
gt;
gt; quot;S Squot; gt; wrote in message
gt; .uk...
gt;gt; From a spreadsheet I was using a while back and now updating, I had some
gt;gt; cells which had a pattern and a `fill` colour in them, I am sure I did
gt; this
gt;gt; from Format cells /Pattern /Colour.
gt;gt; It was a light browny beige colour but there does not appear to be a
gt;gt; match
gt;gt; for it on the drop down color menu so when I take the nearest colour to
gt;gt; it
gt; I
gt;gt; have two different shades. I cant fathom this out, have I maybe accessed
gt;gt; a
gt;gt; tranclucent colour from somewhere that would make the older ones appear
gt;gt; lighter. I could change them all to the new slightly darker shade (but
gt;gt; prefer the lighter) but would still like to know what I have done.
gt;gt;
gt;gt; Any ideas, I hope I have explained ok.
gt;gt;
gt;gt;
gt;
gt;