SumByFontColor function

SUMBYFONTCOLOR() Description

Many people use colors to indicate cells. Working with cell colors can make it easier to understand the data in a workbook. Excel .

Unfortunately, Excel 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 get really cumbersome. This often results in complex formulas that are prone to errors when making changes.

The SUMBYFONTCOLOR() function sums the values in cells that have a specific font color.

Main Features Functions SUMBYFONTCOLOR

Syntax:

=SUMBYFONTCOLOR(RangeToSum; SampleCell)

Parameters:

• RangeToSum: The range of cells to be summed.
• SampleCell: A cell that contains a color sample.

Example Usage

The SUMBYFONTCOLOR() function is easy to use. You just need to select the desired range of cells and specify the cell that contains the desired color, and Excel automatically sums cells with the same color:

=SUMBYFONTCOLOR(RangeToSum; SampleCell)

We will have the following result:

This example uses the following values:

• RangeToSum: A1:D10 - Range with 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 feature, but it would be useful to be able to count colored cells in a range. Let's say I have 17 cells with red font color in the range B1:B500. I need a formula that counts those 5 cells with red text.
• Can I use color as a condition in SUMIF? I have a column that I need to sum, but I only need cells with red text.
• I noticed that in recent versions Excel you can sort by cell color and font. What about the function Excel ? Can formulas also work with cell and font colors?
• How do I count or sum cells by their fill or background color? It seems that in Excel There is no formula that allows you to count or sum a range of cells based on a specified background color.

Calculation notes

Because Excel recalculates the formula only when the value in the cell (which it references) changes, not when the colors change, some worksheet formulas do not always trigger to update. In this case, you can use the F9 or Ctrl+Alt+F9 key combination to update the formulas in YLC Utilities.

Download extension

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

After that, this function will be available in all files that are opened in Excel .