Problem with getting Excel cell background colors in C#

Question

I am trying to get background color of some cells in an Excel sheet in C#. I am using follwoing code for it:

Excel.Range r = (Excel.Range)m_objRange[i, j];           


        

Answer 1

try this:

System.Color col = System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.FromOle((int) r.Interior.Color);
string htmlCol = System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.ToHtml(col);

(warning, I didn't test this)

Answer 2

This work for me:

int colorNumber = System.Convert.ToInt32(((Range) worksheet.Cells[rowNumber,columnNumber]).Interior.Color);
Color color = System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.FromOle(colorNumber);