Background Interior color in VBA

How to Change the Color of Cell upon Selection?

In this article, you will learn how to change the color of the cell after selecting any color. We will use VBA code to change the color.

Question:-

I want to change the selected cell color to blue in range B2:E10 when cell is selected through VBA code.

Following is the snapshot of data we have:

We need to follow the below steps:

• Click on Developer tab
• From Code group, select Visual Basic

• Enter the following code in the worksheet module

Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)

Me.Cells.Interior.Color = xlNone

If Not (Intersect(Target, Range("B2:E10")) Is Nothing) Then

    ActiveCell.Interior.Color = 15651769

End If

End Sub

• As we select any cell in the range B2:E10, the selected cell will be highlighted in blue color.

• If we select any other cell then that cell will be highlighted.

In this way, we can fill color in a cell in vba.