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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.

Tips:To apply this COUNTBYFONTCOLOR and SUMBYFONTCOLOR features, firstly, you should download the Kutools for Excel, and then apply the feature 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.

Tips:To apply this Count by Color feature, firstly, you should download the Kutools for Excel, and then apply the feature quickly and easily.

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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Hi..


I used it to count and sum from matrix. The problem is that the I need to count/sum in multiple range of cells. Is it possible to update this code to do this?
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Hello, Joseph,

Maybe there is no direct way for you to count or sum the cell values based on font color in multiple ranges, but, you can apply the third method in this article and use Count by Color feature of Kutools for Excel, with this feature, you just need to select the multiple ranges first, and then apply the feature.
https://www.extendoffice.com/documents/excel/1418-excel-count-sum-by-font-color.html#a3

Please try it, thank you!
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COUNT CELLS BY FONT COLOR tutorial was great! But it is not working when the font color was based on the conditional formatting. Do you have something for this concern?
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Hello,
The codes in this article can not support the conditional formatting, but, you can use our Kutools for Excel's Count by Color feature, it can help you to count or sum conditional font colors. Please try it.
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This was exactly what I needed - Thanks!
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= SumByColor (A1: D8, A1) NÃO FUNCIONOU


=SumByColor(A1:D8;A1) FUNCIONOU

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Is there a way to change Count Or Sum Cells Based On Font Colors With User Defined Function into count or sum cells based on de conditional formating?

I've tried with

Public Function CountColour(pRange1 As Range, pRange2 As Range) As Double

Application.Volatile
Dim rng As Range
For Each rng In pRange1

If rng.FormatConditions.Font.Color = pRange2.FormatConditions.Font.Color Then
CountColour = CountColour + 1

End If
Next
End Function

But it appears not to work, any suggestion?
Thanks
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Hello, Borja,
May be you can use our product, Kutools for Excel, with its Count by Color feature, you can quickly count or sum the cell values based on the conditional formatting without any VBA code, please try. You can download it and free trial in 60 day.
Thank you!
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I tried the SumByColor. It works, but not if the numbers have been coloured by conditional formatting. For example, I have a list of different numbers that are coloured red if they are within a range set by a conditional formatting rule. I would then like to sum only the red-coloured numbers. But the SumByColor VBA code does not work in this situation. Any suggestions to make it work. Thanks
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Hello, Xiahui,
The above code can not applied to conditional formatting color, but, you can use our Kutools for Excel' Count by color feature, with it, you can quickly get the result for counting or summing based on the conditional formatting color. See the below screenshot:
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Hey
Nice macro. I used it to just count from a simple matrix. The problem is that the macro counts also empty cells. How to exclude empty cells from counting?
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Hello, Kriss,
To count the cells based on font color excluding the blank cells, please apply the below User Defined Function, please try:

Public Function CountColour(pRange1 As Range, pRange2 As Range) As Double
Application.Volatile
Dim rng As Range
For Each rng In pRange1
If rng.Value <> "" Then
If rng.Font.Color = pRange2.Font.Color Then
CountColour = CountColour + 1
End If
End If
Next
End Function
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Exactly what I was looking for! This will save me lots of time. Thank You
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Muito obrigada já ajudou muito, porém a minha formula só adiciona à soma outro número quando eu uso o pincel para mudar a cor, se eu trocar a cor da fonte pela barra de ferramenta não dá certo, alguém saber me explicar -
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This was SO helpful - Thanks very much!
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