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Default Counting columns with 1 instance of a specific value

I need to count the number of columns with a particular value in a
specific row and containing one or more instance of a specific value
within a range of rows. My data is significantly more extensive than
this, but to simplify, imagine a spreadsheet with the following data:

A B C D E F
1 red red red blue blue
2 short X X X
3 tall X X
4 round X

I need a formula (not a macro) that will calculate how many columns
have "red" in row one and an "X" in B2:F4.

The result of my formula should be 2 (because only columns B and D
contain both "red" in row 1 and an "X" somewhere in rows 2 - 4).

I started with the following array formula:
{SUM(IF(B1:F1="Red",IF(NOT(ISBLANK(B2:F4)),1,0),0) )}
This returned 4, because it was counting all of the x in those columns.

How do I evaluate each column in an array individually? I thought
about NOT(ISNUMBER(VLOOKUP())), but can't figure out how to write it to
evaluate each column individually and not the entire array.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Robert

 
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