// Create a new workbook Workbook workbook = new Workbook(); IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.getWorksheets().get(0); IShape shape = worksheet.getShapes().addShape("custom parallelogram", AutoShapeType.Parallelogram, 1, 1, 200, 100); // Get shape by name IShape parallelogram = worksheet.getShapes().get("custom parallelogram"); parallelogram.getFill().getColor().setRGB(Color.GetRed()); // Save to an excel file workbook.save("AddShapeWithCustomName.xlsx");