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.

Launch Excel and open one of your documents. Locate the status bar at the bottom of the window. Right-click that status bar to display a list of options. Click the "Count" option to place a ...

Microsoft Excel allows you to crunch massive quantities of data easily through the use of functions. Sometimes you need to know the number of actual data points without counting blank cells.

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 ...