Get color of cell

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is it possible to get the colour of a cell in excel, from power automete desktop?

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trice602 16,023 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi,

Yes you can do that with the following steps:

Open your Power Automate Desktop flow.

Use the "Launch Excel" action to open an existing workbook or create a new one.

Use the "Set color of cells in Excel worksheet" action in advanced section:

Select the target cell or range.

Specify the formatting type, such as font color, background color, or other properties.

Save and close the Excel file.

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trice602 16,023 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Sorry - just realized it is GET not SET. You can use a Python script in PAD like this:

from openpyxl import load_workbook

# Load the workbook and select the sheet

workbook = load_workbook("%ExcelInstance2%")

sheet = workbook.active # Replace with sheet name if needed

# Get the cell

cell = sheet["A1"]

# Get the fill color

fill_color = cell.fill.start_color.rgb # Hex color code (ARGB format)

# Display the color

print(f"The color of cell A1 is: {fill_color}")

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CU17011800-0 2 on at

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what I need is to get the background colour of a cell.

I would need to get the yellow colour from column A, and then the blue colour.

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