automatically reads cell colour

silverskye787

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if cell B2 in highlighted in red, range C2:E2 will automatically highlight in red but if cell B2 is not highlighted in red, range C2:E2 will not be highlighted in red and remain unchange.

how do i do this? any formula?
 

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SteveO59L

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What causes B2 to be highlighted ?

If it is conditional on the value, you can do this with Conditional Formatting
 
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silverskye787

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cell B2 is highlighted based on user choice. if the user wish to highlight it, cell C2:E2 will be highlighted automatically as well.

can i know what is the conditional formula to be put in C2:E2?
 
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