Is it possible to colour the rows or columns of a matrix?

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It is possible to color the rows or columns of a matrix in Mathematica using the Rasterize and Style functions. The provided code snippet utilizes MatrixForm to format the matrix and applies TableAlignments for centering. The discussion references the official Wolfram documentation for additional guidance on tables and matrices. Users can effectively customize the appearance of matrices by integrating these functions into their code.

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Hi,

I was wondering if it's possible to colour the rows and columns of a matrix in mathematica.

I have received help from another forum and the code of my matrix is the following:

Rasterize@
Style[MatrixForm[{{n, -1 + n, -2 + n, \[CenterEllipsis], 1}, {2 n,
2 n - 1, 2 n - 2, \[CenterEllipsis], n + 1}, {3 n, 3 n - 1,
3 n - 2, \[CenterEllipsis],
2 n + 1}, {\[VerticalEllipsis], \[VerticalEllipsis], \
\[VerticalEllipsis], \[DescendingEllipsis], \[VerticalEllipsis]}, \
{n^2, -1 + n^2, -2 + n^2, \[CenterEllipsis],
HoldForm[(n - 1) n + 1]}},
TableAlignments -> {Center, Center}] // TraditionalForm, 30]

Thank you for your help.
 
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