Formula to pull values related to a coloured cell

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I have 3 cells, each cell has a value, 1, 2, 3

The cell value is related to a score, each score located in another cell, 10, 8, 0

To pick a value, the user has to change the cell colour, for example the user picks the cell with 1 and shades it any colour

Then the formula needs to pull in the score of 10 into another cell.If the User picks the cell with number 2 and shades it, then the formula needs to pull in 8 into the cell, etc.

How do I do this?

Thank you
 

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"Then the formula needs to pull in the score of 10 into another cell."
So the formula detects the change of cell colour.
The method you describe would only be possible by VBA. Formulas cannot detect cell colours nor the change of cell colour.

Why dont you simply get them to select the cell by, say, putting an X under the one they want?
What's the purpose of getting them to shade the cell?
By getting them to activate the cell (in order to shade it) you run the risk of them tapping the keyboard accidentally and overwriting the "1, 2, 3" cells which sound like they may have a formula in them ("is related to a score"), thereby deleting the formula.
 
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Yeah, I wanted to edit my post to add that I probably need a VBA but I couldnt. I have it all sorted now with a workaround. I created an UDF to use in a formula to copy the value of the coloured cell into another cell, and based on that cell, I did a volookup. I got what I want now.
 
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