Change color for gridlines in Excel

Excel 365
By default, gridlines are displayed in worksheets using a color that is assigned by Excel. But if you want, you can change the color of the gridlines for a worksheet (see also How to turn on and turn off gridlines in Excel and How to change width of gridlines in Excel).
Gridlines with different colors in Excel 2016

To do that, follow the next steps:

   1.   On the File tab, click the Options button:

Excel 2016 Options

   2.   In the Excel Options dialog box, on the Advanced tab, under Display options for this worksheet, in the Gridline color list, choose the color you prefer:

Gridlines colors in Excel 2016

See also this tip in French: Comment changer la couleur du quadrillage dans Excel.

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