Use the formula that the Conditional format is based on to calculate your
count. There is no built-in way of counting color within XL, and even using
VB, counting conditional formats is tricky.

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Luke M
"AOdoc" wrote in message
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I am trying to count the cells in a range that have a certain fill color in
Excel 2003. Is there a way to use COUNTIF? If so, how do I write the
criteria
for the color I'm looking for? Or, is there another formula? Many thanks
to
whomever can answer this one!