How to highlight the missing values with a color
- Select 2 columns
Both columns must be selected
- Apply the conditional formatting tool
Select the Unique option
Step 1: Select the 2 columns
This step is not difficult but there is a trick for selecting the 2 columns.
- Select the range of cells in the first column
- Press the Ctrl key
- Select the range of cells in the second column

Step 2: Open the conditional formatting tool
- Go to the menu Home > Conditionnal formatting
- Highlight Cells Rules
- Duplicates (yes it looks crazy but it's the menu to select)

Step 3: Select the Unique option
Here is the trick! In the dialog box, you select in the dropdown list, the option Unique

Immediately, the missing values between the 2 columns are in red

Use a formula to highlight the missing values
As you can see, with this technique you necessarily colored the missing values in the 2 columns. But if you want to find the missing values for only one column, you must use a formula.
