diff --git a/packages/nc-gui-v2/components/smartsheet/Cell.vue b/packages/nc-gui-v2/components/smartsheet/Cell.vue
index 7363f88eb4..6c271fe9ef 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui-v2/components/smartsheet/Cell.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui-v2/components/smartsheet/Cell.vue
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ interface Props {
   editEnabled: boolean
   rowIndex?: number
   active?: boolean
+  virtual?: boolean
 }
 
 const props = defineProps<Props>()
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ const column = toRef(props, 'column')
 
 const active = toRef(props, 'active', false)
 
+const virtual = toRef(props, 'virtual', false)
+
 provide(ColumnInj, column)
 
 provide(EditModeInj, useVModel(props, 'editEnabled', emit))
@@ -54,10 +57,6 @@ const isManualSaved = $computed(() => {
   return [UITypes.Currency, UITypes.Duration].includes(column?.value?.uidt as UITypes)
 })
 
-const isPrimary = computed(() => {
-  return column?.value?.pv
-})
-
 const vModel = computed({
   get: () => props.modelValue,
   set: (val) => {
@@ -75,6 +74,7 @@ const vModel = computed({
 })
 
 const {
+  isPrimary,
   isURL,
   isEmail,
   isJSON,
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ const syncAndNavigate = (dir: NavigateDir) => {
 <template>
   <div
     class="nc-cell w-full h-full"
-    :class="{ 'text-blue-600': isPrimary }"
+    :class="{ 'text-blue-600': isPrimary && !virtual }"
     @keydown.stop.left
     @keydown.stop.right
     @keydown.stop.up
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui-v2/components/virtual-cell/Lookup.vue b/packages/nc-gui-v2/components/virtual-cell/Lookup.vue
index dea7579e40..f03af228e8 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui-v2/components/virtual-cell/Lookup.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui-v2/components/virtual-cell/Lookup.vue
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ const lookupColumnMetaProps = useColumn(lookupColumn)
           :key="i"
           :class="{ 'bg-gray-100 px-2 rounded-full': !lookupColumnMetaProps.isAttachment }"
         >
-          <SmartsheetCell :model-value="v" :column="lookupColumn" :edit-enabled="false" />
+          <SmartsheetCell :model-value="v" :column="lookupColumn" :edit-enabled="false" :virtual="true" />
         </div>
       </template>
     </template>
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/useColumn.ts b/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/useColumn.ts
index 47baba15ec..217b836592 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/useColumn.ts
+++ b/packages/nc-gui-v2/composables/useColumn.ts
@@ -56,10 +56,14 @@ export function useColumn(column: Ref<ColumnType>) {
   const isManualSaved = computed(() =>
     [UITypes.Currency, UITypes.Year, UITypes.Time, UITypes.Duration].includes(uiDatatype.value),
   )
+  const isPrimary = computed(() => {
+    return column?.value?.pv
+  })
 
   return {
     abstractType,
     dataTypeLow,
+    isPrimary,
     isBoolean,
     isString,
     isTextArea,