color only a cell of a table

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I tried to color only a cell of my table but I don't know how do it. I found the method to color an entire row.How could I color only a cell of my table of a precise color?

score 255 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 10 '20 at 12:32

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Here is a minimal working example (MWE) showing how it can be obtained using xcolor's table option - this loads colortbl:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}% http://ctan.org/pkg/xcolor
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{l|c|r}
  \hline
  Some & \cellcolor{blue!25}coloured & contents \\
  \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}

The line choices in the above MWE emphasizes the tabular structure. However, for aesthetically pleasing table construction, consider using booktabs.

edited Jun 10 '20 at 12:32

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answered Apr 01 '12 at 16:17

Werner

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xcolor gave me an options clash. colortbl also provides the \cellcolor command, so I used that instead – craq Nov 07 '14 at 09:02
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This works but . . . I use it to highlight one cell. However, I have horizontal lines btw the rows and the color overwrites the line. I use "\hline" to write the line. If I could write the line after I write the color then all would be well, but it seems that "hline" has to be the first thing in the row, doesn't work if it is the last thing. Any suggestions? – Wayne Mar 08 '16 at 13:06
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@Wayne: Do you see this problem at all zoom levels? This problem is typically browser/viewer-related. I know that Adobe (Acrobat) Reader suffers from missing lines, while SumatraPDF doesn't really. The rendering algorithms are different and it doesn't have anything to do with LaTeX. – Werner Mar 08 '16 at 15:13
Werner -- thanks for pointing that out. I have now checked, it is worst in the default PDF used by TextStudio for Mac. Best in Adobe Acrobat. Middling bad in Apple's Preview. I ended up changing the textcolor in the cell -- something that seems to work equally well in the three. – Wayne Mar 08 '16 at 19:11
I'd like to use this feature with the numprint package, but the number expands without formatting when the color is introduced.. Is there a solution to this? – Charles Jul 29 '16 at 15:26
@Charlie: So you're using something like \colorcell{<colour>}\numprint{<number>} and \numprint doesn't format the number? If so, provide some code that replicates this behaviour. Perhaps consider asking a new question. – Werner Jul 29 '16 at 16:21
Yes. Actually, I got it working. I embraced the \colorcell{}, which worked without issue. That is, I used {\colorcell{}}. – Charles Jul 29 '16 at 16:59

score 77 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 18 '17 at 09:20

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Use the colortbl package and its macro \cellcolor{<color>}.

\documentclass{article}
%% Set some local commands and colors
\usepackage{xcolor,colortbl}
\definecolor{green}{rgb}{0.1,0.1,0.1}
\newcommand{\done}{\cellcolor{teal}done}  %{0.9}
\newcommand{\hcyan}[1]{{\color{teal} #1}}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{ll}
\done & other\\
\end{tabular}
\end{document}

edited Jul 18 '17 at 09:20

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answered Apr 01 '12 at 16:14

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