I have a range where Column AA is a value 1 through 18 inclusive. Column AB contains color names. Column AC contains a background of the color named in Column AB. Example: 1 Black 2 Brown 3 Orange etc..... 17 Green 18 Red I am -trying- to find a way that will allow me to a number in Column A, say in cell A5 I have 3 for example, then in cell B5 the background will be Orange. I tried conditional formatting but that doesn't seem to work here. Thank you. Robert ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************