Colors of columns after sorting data in the supporting table

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When creating a chart off of a table, the colors of each column appear to be
in the order of their display in the chart. For example, let's say I have
January data as red, February data as white and March data as blue. Then I
sort the table in the Excel sheet by value. Now the labels are ordered
February, March, January. Well, now the first column (February) is red, the
second (March) white and the third (January)blue.

Is there a method to hard-code the column color to the data label in the
charts rather than simply the order that the data appears?
 
I'm about to do this on a project where I want consistent colors by
"Brand Name" and I plan to use a VBA routine and a Select Case
statement on the "Brand Name" text and then apply the correct color
index. You just have to iterate throught the datapoints.

Brian Reilly, PowerPoint MVP
 
Hi Andy,
Could do this with conditional formattting as you and Jon say. Would
want to think about it in MS Grump, heck, wouldn't even use MS Grump
unless a shotgun was pointed at my head, and I'd probably get it wrong
even then.

Seems to me that if one has lots of charts across many presentations
that I'd be a whole heap better off by just having a Private Sub that
gets called from a table drivern thing. Sub stays the same always and
the user maintains the Table, in where else some worksheet(s)
somewhere and we just read the variables each time and spit them at
the Private Sub routine. Kinda table driven programming like Rob Bovey
taught me to like and endorse.

Brian Reilly, PowerPoint MVP
 
Hi Brian,

If you can use VBA then it will certainly be easier to apply changes to
many charts.

Cheers
Andy
 
Most excellent! Thanks for your assistance.

I wasn't about to delve into VBA code, which I have found to be mind-numbing
in the past.

-BB.
 
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