Microsoft KB Archive/229006

= XL: Colors in HTML File Don't Appear as Expected When Opening Page in Excel =

Article ID: 229006

Article Last Modified on 1/24/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q229006



SYMPTOMS
When you open an HTML file that contains many different colors, one or more colors do not appear as expected. For example, a color may appear to be a different shade than expected.



CAUSE
The color palette that Microsoft Excel uses is limited to 64 colors. When opening an HTML file that contains a color outside of this range of colors, Excel maps the color as closely as possible to a color on its palette. Because this mapped color may not exactly match the color in the HTML file, it may appear to be a different color than expected.

Additional query words: XL2000

Keywords: kbprb KB229006

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