How to apply color banded rows or columns in Excel?

This article will show you three methods of applying color banded rows or columns in Excel. Please do as follows.

Apply banded rows or columns with Conditional Formatting
Apply banded rows or columns with inserting Table
Apply banded rows or columns with Kutools for Excel

Apply banded rows or columns with Conditional Formatting

You can create a conditional formatting rule to apply banded rows or columns in Excel.

1. Select the range you want to apply banded rows or columns, then click Conditional Formatting > New Rule under Home tab.

2. In the New Formatting Rule dialog box, please do as follows:

Then you can see the selected range is banded with specified background color as below screenshot shown.

Apply banded rows or columns with inserting Table

Besides the above method, you can apply banded rows or columns with inserting table in selected range.

1. Select the range you want to apply banded rows or columns to, then click Insert > Table.

2. In the popping up Create Table dialog box, click the OK button.

3. Then the Design tab is displayed, if you want to apply color banded rows, please check the Banded Rows box in the Table Style Options group, otherwise, check the Banded Columns box. See screenshot:

Apply banded rows or columns with Kutools for Excel

With the Alternate Row / Column Shading utility of Kutools for Excel, you can easily apply color banded rows or columns to specified range in Excel.

1. Select the range you need to apply banded rows or columns to, then click Kutools > Format > Alternate Row / Column Shading. See screenshot:

2. In the Alternate Row / Column Shading dialog box, please do the following configurations:

Now the selected range are color banded as below screenshot shown.

Note: For removing all conditional formatting or background shading, the Remove existing alternate row shading option can help you. See screenshot: