Color Codes for Google Spreadsheets

This Google Script converts the currently active Google Spreadsheet into a square grid of randomly colored boxes using hexadecimal numbers. Credit 五味田和則

The random colors are generated using a JavaScript method - Math.ceil(Math.random()* 0xFFFFFF).toString(16)`. Also, since the value of the cell is the same as the color code, you can copy a cell to copy its color code.

function colorCodes() {
  var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
  for (var i = 1; i <= 100; i++) {
    sheet.setRowHeight(i, 20);
    sheet.setColumnWidth(i, 20);
    for (var j = 1; j <= 100; j++) {
      var colorcode = Math.ceil(Math.random() * 0xffffff).toString(16);
      sheet
        .getRange(i, j)
        .setBackground("#" + colorcode)
        .setValue(color);
    }
  }
}

Amit Agarwal is a web geek, solo entrepreneur and loves making things on the Internet. Google recently awarded him the Google Developer Expert and Google Cloud Champion title for his work on Google Workspace and Google Apps Script.

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