How To Color Positive, Negative, and Zero Values in Google Sheets

Google Sheets Custom Number Formats: Color Positive, Negative, and Zero Values This video shows how to use Google Sheets Custom number formats to display positive, negative, and zero values with different formats and colors without using conditional formatting. It walks through Format → Number → Custom number format, explains how semicolons define formats for positive; negative; zero; and text, and demonstrates adding symbols like dollar signs, parentheses for negatives, and literal text like "zero" in quotes. It also covers applying color using square-bracket color codes (blue, green, red, yellow, magenta, cyan, white, black), including making zeros appear white so they effectively disappear on a white background. The result is green positive numbers, red negative numbers in parentheses, and customized zero/text displays applied to cells. 00:00 Custom Formats Overview 00:18 Open Custom Number Format 00:40 Format Codes Basics 01:03 Semicolons For Sections 01:20 Positive Negative Zero Text 01:44 Add Parentheses And Words 02:02 Color Codes In Brackets 02:42 Build Final Colored Format 03:19 Apply Format To Cells 04:02 Hide Zeros With White 04:26 Why This Beats Conditional 04:39 Outro And Next Videos