Hello, In trying to fix bug #142154 I have discovered that the .xls import filter does not currently read XFExt records (type 0x087D) from MS-XML 2.4.355. This allows for cell foreground, background, and borders to store explicit colors (see 2.5.155) as well as for background gradients. Currently XclCellArea and XclCellBorder only work in terms of palette indices. Would it be best to extend these to also contain an explicit Color struct (+ maybe a bool to say if it's paletted or a full color)? Or would another strategy to implement XFExt importing be preferred? Thanks Callum McGing