Chapter-2: Sort by Color

We can sort the data even by cell background or font color. In this chapter we will discuss about the data sorting by colors.

we will use below data in our example. Let’s we have to sort the date by yellow background color.

Data set for sort by color
Data set for sort by color
  • Select the entire data and put the data filter (Press Shit+Ctrl+L)
  • Open the filter drop down and go to Sort by color option
  • Click on yellow color available under Sort by Cell Color
Sort by Color
Sort by Color

Data will be sorted by yellow background color.

Data Sorted by yellow background color
Data Sorted by yellow background color

We can sort the data by font color also.

  • Select the entire data and put the data filter (Press Shit+Ctrl+L)
  • Open the filter drop down and go to Sort by color option
  • Click on red color available under Sort by Font Color
Sort by font color
Sort by font color

Data will be sorted by red font color.

Data Sorted by font color
Data Sorted by font color

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