Custom Theme colors - aqua/purple

[Jen]

Hello. I have created a custom theme in Excel 2007 so that I could have
colors that appear more like the old Excel color theme.

Two of my selected colors are Aqua Accent 1 and Sky Blue Accent 2. When I
open my fill-in or text-color drop down and go to choose one of the colors
below these two colors I do not get the color result that is displayed.

For example, under the Aqua Accent 1 my choices are: Aqua Accent 1 lighter
80%, Aqua Accent 1 lighter 60%, Aqua Accent 1 lighter 40%, Aqua Accent 1
darker 25%, Aqua Accent 1 darker 50%.

The last two (darker percentages) will enter the same color as what is
displayed. The first three (lighter percentages) do not display the same
color. On the selection they appear as lighter shades of the aqua color, but
when they fill on the sheet, they are different shades of purple.

A similar thing happens with the sky blue color, but only with the first two
choices.

Has anyone seen anything like this before?

Thanks,
Jen

 

[Herbert Seidenberg]

Excel 2007
You will get the wrong light/dark shades
for aqua and yellow if you choose
RGB 0,255,255 and 255,255,0 respectively.
Try 20,235,252 and 250, 255,0 instead.
Page Layout > Colors > Custom_ > Edit > Accent1 >
More Colors > Custom > RGB.
Pure magenta, red, green and blue are OK.
For other non-primary colors, it's trial and error.