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What does Shade numbers by value do?

What it means and how to read it on a deal.

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What it is

An option that tints number cells by where each value sits between the lowest and highest on the list.

On the site asDeeper means larger
As it looks on the site, with made-up values
  • 0.8%
  • 1.7%
  • 2.7%
  • 3.6%
  • 4.6%

The lowest on the list takes the lightest step, the highest the deepest.

How to read it

A deeper shade is a larger number, nothing more: a larger spread, fee or number of days, or a later outside date. It isn't a ranking. It applies to Gross spread, Ann., Target fee, Buyer fee, To close and To outside, and can be turned off in Columns.

As it looks on the site, with made-up values
  • 0.8%
  • 1.7%
  • 2.7%
  • 3.6%
  • 4.6%

The lowest on the list takes the lightest step, the highest the deepest.

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