UG documentation 988098: How to get the column color

Document-Processing/Excel/Excel-Library/NET/faqs/how-to-get-the-column-color.md

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+title: How to get the column color | Syncfusion.
+description: This page explains how to get the styled column color when column cells have different colors in an Excel document using Syncfusion .NET Excel library (XlsIO).
+platform: document-processing
+control: XlsIO
+documentation: UG
+---
+
+# How to get the column color when column cells have different colors?
+
+According to Microsoft Excel behavior, when a column's cells have different fill colors, the column color property returns an empty value. Syncfusion XlsIO mirrors this behavior, as Excel doesn't set a unified column color in such cases. This can lead to issues when trying to retrieve color using column cell style properties.
+The following code example illustrates how to get the column color when column cells have different colors in an Excel document.
+
+{% tabs %}
+{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Cross-platform]" %}
+using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
+{
+    IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
+    application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Xlsx;
+
+    IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Open("Column styles.xlsx", ExcelOpenType.Automatic);
+
+    IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
+
+    ExtendedFormatImpl format = (workbook as WorkbookImpl).InnerExtFormats[(worksheet["A1"] as RangeImpl).ExtendedFormatIndex];
+    Color color = format.Color;
+}
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Windows-specific]" %}
+using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
+{
+    IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
+    application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Xlsx;
+
+    IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Open("Column styles.xlsx", ExcelOpenType.Automatic);
+
+    IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
+
+    ExtendedFormatImpl format = (workbook as WorkbookImpl).InnerExtFormats[(worksheet["A1"] as RangeImpl).ExtendedFormatIndex];
+    Color color = format.Color;
+}  
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+{% highlight vb.net tabtitle="VB.NET [Windows-specific]" %}
+Using excelEngine As New ExcelEngine()
+    Dim application As IApplication = excelEngine.Excel
+    application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Xlsx
+
+    Dim workbook As IWorkbook = application.Workbooks.Open("Column styles.xlsx", ExcelOpenType.Automatic)
+    Dim worksheet As IWorksheet = workbook.Worksheets(0)
+
+    Dim format As ExtendedFormatImpl = DirectCast(workbook, WorkbookImpl).InnerExtFormats(DirectCast(worksheet("A1"), RangeImpl).ExtendedFormatIndex)
+    Dim color As Color = format.Color
+
+End Using
+{% endhighlight %}
+{% endtabs %}