little off topic, but with excel 2010 conditional formatting properties will be accessible through v

[Gary Keramidas]

have a look here:
new class: Selection.DisplayFormat.Interior.Color

<http://blogs.msdn.com/excel/archive/2009/08/13/the-dislpayformat-om.aspx>

 

[JLGWhiz]

Thanks Gary, that's one more level of color properties to deal with.