Conditional Formatting Using Cell References

Orion19

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Hello! I'm using Excel for Mac 2017 Version 15.41. I'm running into an issue I don't understand using conditional formatting.

I'm attempting to highlight a row one of three different colors depending on a specific condition. I have an upper limit, lower limit, and an age. If the age is below the lower limit nothing happens. If the age falls between the limits I want the row to turn yellow. If the age is above the upper limit the row turns green. For the yellow condition, this formula does exactly what I want it to do (the age = 2 and is $C$1 in all these examples):

=AND($C$1>=0, $C$1<=3)

However, I'd like to reference a cell instead of having a specific numerical value to the right of the equal sign in each argument. I entered the following formula but only one cell in the highlighted range turns yellow:

=AND($C$1>=B5, $C$1<=C5)

What do I need to change to have the entire selected range change color? When I get it right I want to be sure C1 is locked when I copy the formula (hence $C$1) but I'm not sure how to format the $ in the other cell references. Thank you in advance for your help and please let me know if more information is required!

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Which lookup functions find a value equal or greater than the lookup value?
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if i'm understanding you correctly than maybe...

=AND($C$1>=$B5, $C$1<=$C5)
 
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if i'm understanding you correctly than maybe...

=AND($C$1>=$B5, $C$1<=$C5)

I gave that a shot and all cells turned white. It makes sense to lock the column, but I have no idea why I'm not getting that result. <style></style>
 
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