I can see the colors. Not sure if this is what is happening, but if you select multiple cells with the same color, it will display the color when you open the Borders and Shadings dialog. If you have multiple cells with different (even slightly) shadings, it will initially show the 'No Color' selected. If you click on the Fill dropdown, and reselect 'No Color', it should clear them.

Thanks cosmo. I had done that before but it didn't work. Now it has because maybe I did a little differently as such:
-1- Select the whole table, -->Borders and Shading, -> Shading and then
-2- ''Fill'' and added a color -> ''Pattern style'' and added something.
I then closed the Window. Then went back into it and this time chose, 'no color, and Style 'clear and it did work.
As to you macropod, I thank you just the same, all help is always good so thanks. And perhaps in the process you learned something as well either your eyes don't see certain colors the way they should or your monitor is either set wrong--you can have it too warm or too cool for ex. or not good enough (not that mine is the best in town either) :-)