VBA Font Color

VBA Font Color property one may use to change the font color of Excel cells using VBA code. Using the color index and color property with the RGB function, we can change the font color in multiple ways.

When we prepare a dashboard in excel, we usually spend considerable time formatting cells, fonts, etc. Often, we feel like an Excel beautician by looking at the various colors of the Excel formatting. For example, changing the font color in an Excel worksheet is an easy job, but when it comes to Excel, you should know how to writing VBA code to change the font color.

To change the font color, first, we need to identify what cells we are going to change.

Range (“A1:A10”)

Then we need to select the FONT property.

Range (“A1:A10”).Font

Then what do we want to do with this font? So, select color.

Range (“A1:A10”).Font.Color

Like this, we need to construct the code to change the font color. It does not look easy.

But remember, everything seems tough at the beginning. Later you will get the hang of it.

Example #1 - Using Color Index

The Color Index property is different from the Color property in VBA. Using numerical values, we can change the color of cells and fonts.

Numbers range from 1 to 56, and each number represents different colors. Below is the list of numbers and their colors.

Let us test this out.

We have a value in cell A1.

We want to change the color of the cell A1 font to green. Below is the code.

Code:

Sub FontColor_Example1()

  Range("A1").Font.ColorIndex = 10

End Sub

It will change the color of the cell A1 font to green.

We can also use the CELLS property to change the color of the font.

Code:

Sub FontColor_Example1()

  Cells(1, 1).Font.ColorIndex = 10

End Sub

Like this, we can use numbers 1 to 56 to apply the desired color to the font.

Example #2 - Using Color Property

Color Index has very limited colors from 1 to 56, but using the COLOR property, we can use 8 built-in colors:  vbBlack, vbRed, vbGreen, vbBlue, vbYellow, vbMagenta, vbCyan, vbWhite.

For these colors, we do not need to supply any numbers. Rather, we can access them using their name, as shown above. Below is the example code for all 8 colors.

Code:

Sub vbBlack_Example()

  Range("A1").Font.Color = vbBlack

End Sub

Code:

Sub vbRed_Example()

  Range("A1").Font.Color = vbRed

End Sub

Code:

Sub vbGreen_Example()

  Range("A1").Font.Color = vbGreen

End Sub

Code:

Sub vbBlue_Example()

  Range("A1").Font.Color = vbBlue

End Sub

Code:

Sub vbYellow_Example()

  Range("A1").Font.Color = vbYellow

End Sub

Code:

Sub vbMagenta_Example()

  Range("A1").Font.Color = vbMagenta

End Sub

Code:

Sub vbCyan_Example()

  Range("A1").Font.Color = vbCyan

End Sub

Code:

Sub vbWhite_Example()

  Range("A1").Font.Color = vbWhite

End Sub

Example #3 - Using Color Property with RGB Function

We have seen that we have only 8 built-in colors to work with. But we need to use the RGB function to have various colors. Besides built-in colors, we can create our colors by using the VBA RGB function.

Look at the syntax of the RGB function.

RGB (Red, Green, Blue)

RGB stands for “Red, Green, and Blue.” Therefore, we need to supply numbers from 0 to 255 for each color to construct colors.

Below are a few examples for you.

Below are some of the macro code examples

Code:

Sub RGB_Example()

  Range("A1").Font.Color = RGB(0, 0, 0)
  'Change the font colour to black
End Sub

Code:

Sub RGB_Example()

  Range("A1").Font.Color = RGB(16, 185, 199)
  'Font color will be this
End Sub

Code:

Sub RGB_Example()

  Range("A1").Font.Color = RGB(106, 15, 19)
  'Font color will be this
End Sub

Code:

Sub RGB_Example()

  Range("A1").Font.Color = RGB(216, 55, 19)
  'Font color will be this
End Sub