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5.74 PALETTE
5.74 PALETTE
BIFF2 BIFF3 BIFF4 BIFF5 BIFF8
— 0092 H 0092 H 0092 H 0092 H
This record contains the definition of all user-defined colours available for cell and object formatting. This record is
optional. If it is omitted, a built-in default colour table will be used (see ➜5.74.3).
5.74.1 Record Contents
Record PALETTE, BIFF3-BIFF8:
Offset Size Contents
0 2 Number of following colours (nm). Contains 16 in BIFF3-BIFF4 and 56 in BIFF5-BIFF8.
2 4∙nm List of nm RGB colours (➜2.5.4)
5.74.2 Special Built-In Colours
Beside the colours described in a PALETTE record, Excel may use a couple of built-in colours:
Colour index Resulting colour or internal list index
00 H 000000 H = EGA Black
01 H FFFFFF H = EGA White
02 H FF0000 H = EGA Red
03 H 00FF00 H = EGA Green
04 H 0000FF H = EGA Blue
05 H FFFF00 H = EGA Yellow
06 H FF00FF H = EGA Magenta
07 H 00FFFF H = EGA Cyan
08 H First colour from user-defined PALETTE record or from default colour table (➜5.74.3)
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17 H (BIFF3-BIFF4)
3F H (BIFF5-BIFF8)
18 H (BIFF3-BIFF4)
40 H (BIFF5-BIFF8)
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Last colour from user-defined PALETTE record or from default colour table (➜5.74.3)
System window text colour for border lines (used in records XF ➜5.115, CFRULE ➜5.16, and
WINDOW2 (BIFF8 only), ➜5.110)
19 H (BIFF3-BIFF4) System window background colour for pattern background (used in records XF, and
41 H (BIFF5-BIFF8) CFRULE)
43 H System face colour (dialogue background colour)
4D H System window text colour for chart border lines
4E H System window background colour for chart areas
4F H Automatic colour for chart border lines (seems to be always Black)
50 H System tool tip background colour (used in note objects)
51 H System tool tip text colour (used in note objects)
7FFF H
System window text colour for fonts (used in records FONT ➜5.45, FONTCOLOR ➜5.47,
and CFRULE)
195