latex Tables Coloring Table

Example

To make the table more readable, following are the ways to color it:

1. Rows
2. Columns
3. Lines
4. Cells

Coloring Rows

Use \rowcolor (provided by colortbl; also loaded by xcolor under the [table] package option). Example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}

\begin{document}

\begin{tabular}{ | l | l | l | }
  \rowcolor{green}
  A & B & C \\
  \rowcolor{red}
  D & E & F \\
  G & H & I \\
  \rowcolor{blue}
  J & K & L
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

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Coloring Columns

Columns can be colored using following ways:

• Defining column color property outside the table tag using \newcolumntype:

   \newcolumntype{a}{ >{\columncolor{yellow}} c }
  

• Defining column color property inside the table parameters

   \begin{tabular}{ | >{\columncolor{red}} c | l | l }
  

Example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}

\newcolumntype{a}{>{\columncolor{yellow}}c}
\newcolumntype{b}{>{\columncolor{green}}c}

\begin{document}

\begin{tabular}{ a | >{\columncolor{red}}c | l | b }
  \hline
  A & B & C & D \\
  E & F & G & H \\
  \hline
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

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Coloring Lines

Use \arrayrulecolor. Example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}

\arrayrulecolor{blue}

\begin{document}

\begin{tabular}{ | l | l | l | }
  \hline
  A & B & C \\
  \hline
  D & E & F\\
  \hline
  G & H & I \\
  \hline
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

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Coloring Cells

Use \cellcolor. Example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}

\begin{document}

\begin{tabular}{ | l | l | l | }
  \hline
  A & B & C \\
  \hline
  D & E & \cellcolor{green}F \\
  \hline
  G & H & I \\
  \hline
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

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We can define our own colors too using package colortbl. Following are the tags examples:

    \definecolor{Gray}{gray}{0.85}
    \columncolor[RGB]{230, 242, 255}}
    \columncolor[HTML]{AAACED}