Thank you, Gord, this is an excellent way to get a quick manual count.
However, how do you incorporate this into a cell cell formula in Excel 2007
so that you can maintain a continual dynamic count in a cell on the
worksheet?

Thanks,
Richard

"Gord Dibben" <gorddibbATshawDOTca wrote in message
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For counting only...................

Select the range of cells then EditFindFormatChoose from cellSelect a
cell from the custom colors legendOK

In "Found" dialog hit CTRL + a.

Right-click on Status Bar and "Count"


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:51:16 -0700, "Blue Max"
wrote:

Can anyone recommend a good formula for counting the cells of a common
color
in a range?

We have a color-coded visual schedule, but need to count the cells of a
common color to determine if we have allocated enough resources to a
particular task. Please note that the assigned colors are related to a
certain task (in a legend) and are often custom colors not chosen directly
from the standard palette.