Format One Cell with ColorScale Based on Range of Cell Values

Question

I need to format a single cell with a gradient color based on the values of a range of cells. Similar to the conditional formatting with a ColorScale, except only applying the formatting to a single cell based on the values of a range of cells.

Most likely this will need to be done in VBA. I can't seem to find a simple way to do this without rewriting a similar script to the built-in ColorScale methods.

Example:

B10 formatted with a color in a scale based upon the values of B10:B40. ColorScale would be type 3 with Low, Mid (50%), and High. But I don't want to format any cells other than B10, just use the values of the range B10:B40

I will then do the same for B11:B41, but only formatting B11, then B12:B42, B13:B43, etc..

All I need is to figure out how to create a ColorScale based on a range of values but only apply the formatting to one of the cells.

Edit:

If someone knows a way to create a color scale script similar to the conditional formatting one built into Excel, that would also be a good fix. If I can just calculate the scale from the values in the range of cells and apply to the one cell with the color grade, that would be a solution.

Answer 1

I think what you are after is a 3-color scale for B10 to B40 (so that B10 acquires a colour based on that cell's ranking in the range) together with a separate rule that applies white formatting (in appearance, no formatting) to B11:B40. The latter rule should be at the top of the list of rules and Stop if True checked.