Excel offers plenty of functions, but sadly, none of them can be used directly to calculate the count of color-coded cells. Also, there’s no built-in way (whatsoever) to do so in Excel.

Counting records or values in Microsoft Excel is easy. Counting individual cells by their fill color definitely isn't. Using an old function and a matrix tames the problem.

How to reference cells with the COUNTIF function in Excel Your email has been sent Use COUNTIF to count values in a range that meet a certain condition and return a specified number to the cell ...

Need to find cells with specific text? The COUNTIF formula in Excel has got you covered.

Note that the content that follows is based on Microsoft Excel 365 for PCs. Other versions of Excel may work differently. Let’s look at some examples of how to use COUNTIF and COUNTIFS. First, let’s ...

Various Count Functions in Excel. If your business uses spreadsheets, you may find it necessary to count the number of cells containing data in a worksheet.

Highlighting cells with different colors can help you quickly identify information in a spreadsheet. Excel also lets you sort by color to easily group all the information you’ve highlighted with a ...

If you do, Excel will give you a circular reference warning. Type this function in the cell, including the quotation marks but excluding the final period: =COUNTIF (cell range, "phrase").