How to count or sum cells based on the font colors in Excel?

How could you get the number of cells or sum all the cells which contain a particular font color in Excel? For example, I have a range of data in a worksheet as following screenshot shown, and now I want to respectively count or sum the cells that have a red, blue and black font color. Normally, there is no direct way to deal with this task, here, I will talk about some tricks for soling this job.

Count or sum cells based on font colors with User Defined Function

Count or sum cells based on font color with some useful functions

Count or sum cells based on font color with an amazing feature-Count by Color

Count or sum cells based on font colors with User Defined Function

Count cells based on font colors:

To calculate the number of cells with specific font colors, please do as these:

1. Hold down the ALT + F11 keys, and it opens the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

2. Click Insert > Module, and paste the following code in the Module Window.

VBA code: Count cells based on font colors:

Public Function CountColour(pRange1 As Range, pRange2 As Range) As Double
'Update by Extendoffice
Application.Volatile
Dim rng As Range
For Each rng In pRange1
    If rng.Font.Color = pRange2.Font.Color Then
        CountColour = CountColour + 1
    End If
Next
End Function

3. Then save this code and go back to the worksheet, and then enter this formula in to a blank cell =CountColour(A1:D10,A2) , see screenshot:

Note: In the above formula, A1:D10 is the range that you want to use and A2 is the cell with a particular font color that you want to count.

4. After typing the formula, press Enter key, and you will get the number of cells with red font colors. If you want to count other font colored cells, please repeatedly enter the formula as possible as you need. You will get the following results:

Sum cells based on font colors:

To sum cells based on font colors, the following User Defined Function can help you.

1. Hold down the ALT + F11 keys, and it opens the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

2. Click Insert > Module, and paste the following code in the Module Window.

VBA code: Sum cells based on font colors:

Public Function SumByColor(pRange1 As Range, pRange2 As Range) As Double
'Update by Extendoffice
Application.Volatile
Dim rng As Range
Dim xTotal As Double
xTotal = 0
For Each rng In pRange1
    If rng.Font.Color = pRange2.Font.Color Then
        xTotal = xTotal + rng.Value
    End If
Next
SumByColor = xTotal
End Function

3. Then save this code and return to the original worksheet, and then enter this formula =SumByColor(A1:D8,A1) into a blank cell, see screenshot:

Note: In the above formula, A1:D10 is the range that you want to use and A2 is the cell with a particular font color that you want to sum.

4. Then press Enter key, and you will add up all cells with red font colors. If you want to sum other font colored cells, please repeatedly enter the formula. You will get the following result:

Count or sum cells based on font color with some useful functions

May be the User Defined Function is troublesome for you to save and apply, here, I will recommend you a handy tool-Kutools for Excel, with its advanced functions, you can solve this task quickly and easily.

After installing Kutools for Excel, please do as this:

Count cells based on font colors:

1. Click a cell where you want to put the count result, and then click Kutools > Kutools Functions > Statistical & Math > COUNTBYFONTCOLOR,see screenshot:

2. In the Function Arguments dialog box, specify the data range and color index cell that you want to count by font color, see screenshot:

3. And then, click OK button, you will get the first count result, to get other results, you just need to copy this formula and change the cell references to your need. See screenshot:

Sum cells based on font colors:

1. Click a cell where you want to put the count result, and then click Kutools > Kutools Functions > Statistical & Math > SUMBYFONTCOLOR,see screenshot:

2. In the Function Arguments dialog box, specify the data range and color index cell that you want to sum by font color, see screenshot:

3. And then, click OK button, you will get the first sum result, to get other results, you just need to copy this formula and change the cell references to your need. See screenshot:

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Count or sum cells based on font color with an amazing feature-Count by Color

Kutools for Excel also provides an easy feature- Count by Color, with this utility, you can quickly get the calculation result such as count, sum, average cells and so on by the background color, font color, conditional formatting as you need.

After installing Kutools for Excel, please do as this:

1. Select the data range that you want to count and sum based on different colors.

2. Click Kutools Plus> Count by Color, see screenshot:

3. In the Count by Color dialog box, choose Standard formatting from the Color method drop down, and select Font under the Count type drop down, and the cells with same font colors have been counted, added up, averaged and so on, see screenshot:

4. And then click Generate report button, you will get the statistics in a new workbook. See screenshot:

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