Counting by colors requires code (a UDF). However, the simple workaround is
to count by the same condition that triggers the color.

If, for example, your condition is a positive number, then use:
=countif(range,"0")

Regards,
Fred

"Caroline Keen" <Caroline wrote in message
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Once you have applied conditional formatting, is it possible to count the
number of cells that turn the different colours?