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.

In Microsoft Excel, you are not just able to count characters in a single/multiple cell, but also specific characters in a cell or range of cells.

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

Can Excel sort by color? Absolutely. In addition to sorting by values, Excel can sort by cell color, font color, and cell icon. First, you must you must define the colors for your sort columns/fields.