Represents the color of a one-color object, the foreground or background color of an object with a gradient or patterned fill, or the pointer color. You can set colors to an explicit red-green-blue value (by using the RGB property) or to a color in the color scheme (by using the SchemeColor property).
Using the ColorFormat Object
Use one of the properties listed in the following table to return a ColorFormat object.
Use this property | With this object | To return a ColorFormat object that represents this |
---|---|---|
BackColor | FillFormat | The background fill color (used in a shaded or patterned fill) |
ForeColor | FillFormat | The foreground fill color (or simply the fill color for a solid fill) |
BackColor | LineFormat | The background line color (used in a patterned line) |
ForeColor | LineFormat | The foreground line color (or just the line color for a solid line) |
ForeColor | ShadowFormat | The shadow color |
ExtrusionColor | ThreeDFormat | The color of the sides of an extruded object |
Use the RGB property to set a color to an explicit red-green-blue value. The following example adds a rectangle to myDocument
and then sets the foreground color, background color, and gradient for the rectangle's fill.
Set myDocument = Worksheets(1)
With myDocument.Shapes.AddShape(msoShapeRectangle, _
90, 90, 90, 50).Fill
.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(128, 0, 0)
.BackColor.RGB = RGB(170, 170, 170)
.TwoColorGradient msoGradientHorizontal, 1
End With