Turn raw data into actionable insights with Excel 365’s conditional formatting. Learn to create dynamic visuals with ease in this guide.

Use Microsoft Excel's TODAY() function in simple expressions to highlight the current date and past and future dates.

Color Scales You can apply a color gradient across a range of cells, with different colors representing different values.

Can Excel sort by color? Absolutely. In addition to sorting by values, Excel can sort by cell color, font color, and cell icon. First, you must you must define the colors for your sort columns/fields.

How to create color scales in Excel If you prefer, you can also use color scales rather than data bars.

For example, Excel’s three-color gradient scales can be applied to a range of cells resulting in a gradient of color shades designating lower, middle, and upper values. The resulting color scheme ...