There's nothing built into excel that allows you to do this. But Chip Pearson
has a routine that will help:

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/colors.htm
Look for: Counting Cells With A Specific Color

If you're new to macros, you may want to read David McRitchie's intro at:
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm


Harris wrote:

I have a series of cells containing some numbers and the background in some
of theese cells is red. Can I count theese red cells and have the result in
another cell?

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Dave Peterson