# Conditional coloring
Conditional coloring allows you to color cells based on the values in a selected target column.
### **Color style**
* **Color cell background**
* **Color cell text**
### **Use color for entire row**
* **Use color as text or background color of entire row**
### **Target column**
* **Target column:** Select the column that should be used to determine the color of the cells.
### **Conditional coloring for dimensions**
When the target column is a dimension, you assign colors to the individual values of that dimension.
For example, if the target column is **Category**, you can choose a different color for:
* **Furniture**
* **Office Supplies**
* **Technology**
Finance Tables will then use the selected color for cells with that value.
### **Conditional coloring for measures**
When the target column is a measure, Finance Tables colors the cells based on the numeric value of each cell.
The following settings are available:
* **Below-bounds color**
* **In-bounds color**
* **Above-bounds color**
* **Lower bound**
* **Upper bound**
* **Use a gradient from upper to lower bound**
* **Use custom font color**
* **Custom font color**
Use the lower and upper bounds to define when a value should be treated as below range, in range, or above range.
**Limitations**
> Conditional coloring is unavailable while an IBCS visualization is enabled for the column.
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