Fill Color Doesn't Display

just selected "None" for high contrast and I now have color. Thank you. Windows 10 excel 2013

Sorted, thanks.

Awesome! You changed my life.

Thanks for your tip. The main point is to switch off the High contrast option..for windows 10 it's bit different

This info appears not to work on Windows 10, any other idea's?

FILL COLOUR DOESN'T DISPLAY (EXCEL)
Thank you so much, this sorted out the problem. I had to attack it in a different way because I have more recent software than the description/screenshot you show.

Problem solved !! Thank you !!

The <alt> <left-shift> <print-screen> did NOT work. But then I found out that I had to enable that to work in my accessibility options:
A) go to accessibility options,
B) choose "set up high contrast",
C) click the box under "Choose a High Contrast Theme" that says "Turn on or off High Contrast when left ALT + left SHIFT + PRINT SCREEN is pressed.

And after it is applied, you can use "<alt> <left-shift> <print-screen>" to restore shading of yellow to Excel

Thank you SO much! I have been suffering with this problem for years! No one could figure it out.

Hello Sir,
My Excel sheet has background color but when I convert it to pdf I find no background color in PDF. Is there any solution to solve that.

Thanks

Thank you SO much! I have been suffering with this problem for years! No one could figure it out. I reinstalled the software numerous times; I checked forums; I asked 'experts.' All with no results. I can't believe this is finally corrected!

version 2007. Excel. All of a sudden it wont display or print red. When you go to the color selection, red is greyed out. It says "color scheme" instead of red. all the other colors work.

Thanks

Hi Allen,

Great advise regarding my color/highlight issues. I have been limited for years and really need this feature to work for a particular Excel sheet. Thanks for your help.

Jim

I have the same problem with office2013 requiring 2 clicks to do any fill color in a cell.

Does anyone have a solution to require only 1 click like previous versions of excel.

Have you tried setting the Excel advanced -> print option to set "High quality mode for graphics"

See options, advanced menu

I've been having this problem this afternoon, and it wasn't to do with Windows settings (I could still see the colours everywhere else). If you're having the same issue, try checking that you hadn't set up the cells in question with 'no fill' - this will override any conditional formatting fill rules that you try.

I'm kicking myself that it was this simple...

The solution from
Deena 04 Nov 2014, 18:30
worked for me. The high contrast theme did not allow font colors of cell fills to be seen in Excel

Thanks, Deena, for the detailed steps. They worked for me!

With windows 7 turning it off in control panel didn't work but the
LEFT Alt/Shift/Prt Screen worked for me.

I have the same problem with Excel Cell colors not showing up in my display, even after I turned off Hi-contrast. Everything prints ok with color in the cells. I have windows 8.1 and am running Excel 2010. Thanks.

Thanks, you cure my suffer of weeks.

On my Windows 8.1, Bayhill's suggestion "PRESS "ALT" + "SHIFT" + "PRSCN" " works but that essentially just turns off any high contrast theme, same as selecting 'none' in the "Ease of Access" High Contrast settings. Thanks for this. But Shame on Microsoft for not allowing Office to work with a high contrast theme and not telling us.

Thanks Deena

I have worked on this for days. Finally this worked for me:
Do thus:

1. Go to: Ease of Access Center (for accessibility options) Note 1
2. LEFT Alt/Shift/Prt Screen
3. Click on 'Choose a High Contrast Theme' (line no. 4)
4. Click on Windows 7
5. Scroll down to 'Windows Classic"
6. Click on APPLY/OK and exit/close/X Ease of Access Center

Note 1: Click START; in bottom, blank box type in .... Ease of Access Center

It was helpful. thanx :)

REGARDING TURNING OFF THE HIGH CONTRAST. IN WINDOWS 8, I TRIED THAT, DIDN'T WORK. IT SAYS UNCHECKING THE BOX TURNS OF THE KEY COMMAND, NOT THE HIGH CONTRAST. IN WIN 8, MAYBE OTHERS, LEAVE IT CHECKED, JUST GO TO THE WORKBOOK, HI LIGHT THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF THE FILE, PRESS "ALT" + "SHIFT" + "PRSCN" (OR "PRINT SCREEN" DEPENDING ON YOUR KEY BOARD.
THAT WORKED FOR ME. THEN, THERE WERE ALL KINDS OF COLORS SINCE I HAD BEEN TRYING TO GET FILL TO WORK IN MANY DIFFERENT BOXES. SELECT ALL, GO TO FILL, "NO FILL", ALL FILL COLORS SHOULD DISAPPEAR, SAVE, DO WHAT YOU NEED.

When I select cells and try to fill them with a colour, they do not change colour on screen until I have pressed the 'fill' box at least twice, sometimes more. Is this an excel settings/ windows 8 setting or possibly a fault with Office 2013?

Excel Cell colors don't show up in my display, even after I turned off Hi-contrast. Also, I checked that there are no conditional formatting rules present. I have windows 8. Thanks.

Thank you very much! It was most helpfull, chapeau!