Function CountByFontColor

COUNTBYFONTCOLOR() Description

Many people use colors to mark cells. Working with cell colors can facilitate understanding data in the book Excel (Calc).

Unfortunately, Excel (Calc) does not have built-in functions for using cell colors as conditions in formulas. Building formulas that only count or sum cells of certain colors can become really cumbersome. This often leads to complex formulas that are prone to errors when changes are made.

The COUNTBYFONTCOLOR() function counts the number of cells that have a certain font color.

Key Features of the Function COUNTBYFONTCOLOR

Syntax:

=COUNTBYFONTCOLOR(RangeToCount; SampleCell)

Parameters:

• RangeToCount: The range of cells to count.
• SampleCell: The cell that contains the sample color.

Usage Example

The COUNTBYFONTCOLOR() function is easy to use. You just need to select the desired range of cells and specify the cell that contains the required color, and Excel (Calc) will automatically count the number of cells with the same text color:

=COUNTBYFONTCOLOR(RangeToCount; SampleCell)

We will have the following result:

This example uses the following values:

• RangeToCount: A1:D10 - The range of cells.
• SampleCell: F3 - The cell that contains the required font color (red).

Do you recognize any of these situations?

• Not sure if YLC has this function, but it would be useful to be able to count colored cells in a range. Say I have 17 cells with red font color in the range B1:B500. I need a formula that would count these 5 cells with red text.
• Can color be used as a COUNTIF condition? I have a column where I need to count the number of cells with red text color.
• I noticed that in recent versions of Excel (Calc) you can sort by cell and font color. What about the function Excel (Calc)? Can formulas also work with cell and font colors?
• How to count or sum cells by their fill or background color? It seems that in Excel (Calc) there is no formula that would allow counting or summing a range of cells based on a specified background color.

Calculation Notes

Since Excel (Calc) recalculates the formula only if the value in the cell (to which it refers) changes, and not when colors change, some sheet formulas do not always run to update. In this case, you can use the F9 or Ctrl+Alt+F9 key combination to update formulas in YLC Utilities.

Download extension

You can use the function COUNTBYFONTCOLOR() by installing the extension YLC Utilities.

After that, this function will be available in all files that will be opened in Excel (LibreOffice Calc).