Learn how to create a drop-down list in Excel without or with color using conditional formatting and data validation rules.

The default active cell format in Microsoft Excel isn't all that easy to see, but you can use this easy-to-implement code solution to change that.

The problem is this: variance from the zero point is what I am trying to color code, not highest and lowest values, i.e. a cell with a value of -.25 would be a larger value (i.e. a larger variance ...