Thanks for your assistance I'm a beginner at this and still cant seem to get
it. I have inserted the following as I'm using yellow

=SUMBYCOLOR(DD4:DD19,6,TRUE)



"JE McGimpsey" wrote:

One minor caveat -

This is really "SumByColorIndex", not SumByColor.

ColorIndex 3 in the default palette is red, and ColorIndex 6 in the
default palette is yellow

However, the color assignments may not hold true if the Color Palette
has been modified (e.g., manually, or by applying a different theme).

If one's users never change themes or color palette settings, that
shouldn't be a problem.



In article ,
OssieMac wrote:

The function works.

For background (or interior color) red which is colorindex 3, you need to
enter the formula as:-
=SumByColor(A1:A14,3,FALSE)

The FALSE is optional when summing by background. You could use:-
=SumByColor(A1:A14,3)


For font color yellow which is colorindex 6, the formula is a follows:-
=SumByColor(A1:A14,6,TRUE). (TRUE is not optional here because that is what
tells the system that it is the font color and not the background color to
look for.