Remarks

You can set colors to an explicit red-green-blue value (by using the property) or to a color in the color scheme (by using the property).

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
FillFormat The background fill color (used in a shaded or patterned fill)
FillFormat The foreground fill color (or simply the fill color for a solid fill)
LineFormat The background line color (used in a patterned line)
LineFormat The foreground line color (or just the line color for a solid line)
ShadowFormat The shadow color
ThreeDFormat The color of the sides of an extruded object

Example

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.

Visual Basic for Applications
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
Color Format Object ColorFormat colorformat object

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