{"id":1179,"date":"2015-04-24T19:31:10","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T17:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/?p=1179"},"modified":"2024-02-06T15:45:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T14:45:27","slug":"color-scales-in-a-pivot-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/color-scales-in-a-pivot-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Color Scales in a Pivot Table"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Color Scales are new in Excel 2010 and they highlight the smallest and largest data points within your <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/101-excel-pivot-tables\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Pivot Table\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Pivot Table<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It works like a heat map, in that it gives the highest number a shade of color and the lowest number a different shade of color, so your numbers can stand out at one glance.<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mc3j9L3i9Zg?rel=0 \" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MyExcelOnlinecomtutorials?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignmiddle wp-image-111468 size-full\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.yt_.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download\" style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Color-Scales.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"ctaText px-3 text-capitalize\">Download workbook<\/span><span class=\"postTitle px-3\">Color-Scales.xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 1: <\/strong><\/span>Select the range of cells that you want to apply the <strong>Color Scale <\/strong>to<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Color Scales in a Pivot Table\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23398\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Color-Scales-in-a-Pivot-Table-01.jpg\" alt=\"Color Scales in a Pivot Table\" width=\"585\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Color-Scales-in-a-Pivot-Table-01.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Color-Scales-in-a-Pivot-Table-01-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 2: <\/strong><\/span>Go to <em><strong>Home &gt; Styles &gt; Conditional Formatting &gt; Color Scales <\/strong><\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Color Scales in a Pivot Table\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Color-Scales-in-a-Pivot-Table-02.jpg\" alt=\"Color Scales in a Pivot Table\" width=\"1135\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Color-Scales-in-a-Pivot-Table-02.jpg 1135w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Color-Scales-in-a-Pivot-Table-02-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Color-Scales-in-a-Pivot-Table-02-1024x434.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Color-Scales-in-a-Pivot-Table-02-768x325.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1135px) 100vw, 1135px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 3: <\/strong><\/span>Now you have your<strong> Color Scale<\/strong> applied! Let us have some fun in the slicer above<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Color Scales in a Pivot Table\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Color-Scales-in-a-Pivot-Table-03.jpg\" alt=\"Color Scales in a Pivot Table\" width=\"591\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Color-Scales-in-a-Pivot-Table-03.jpg 591w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Color-Scales-in-a-Pivot-Table-03-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 4: <\/strong><\/span>Select any month in the slicer and your\u00a0<strong>Color Scale\u00a0<\/strong>will still be applied<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Color Scales in a Pivot Table\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Color-Scales-in-a-Pivot-Table-04.jpg\" alt=\"Color Scales in a Pivot Table\" width=\"613\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Color-Scales-in-a-Pivot-Table-04.jpg 613w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Color-Scales-in-a-Pivot-Table-04-300x139.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">HELPFUL RESOURCE:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/100.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1080 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/728x90.gif\" alt=\"728x90\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Color Scales are new in Excel 2010 and they highlight the smallest and largest data points within your Pivot Table. 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