Learn how to sum and count Excel cells by color with 3 easy methods. Save time, reduce errors, and boost your data analysis ...

To apply color in alternate rows or columns in Excel, follow these steps- Open the spreadsheet with Excel. Select the rows and columns that you want to colorize.

Counting records or values in Microsoft Excel is easy. Counting individual cells by their fill color definitely isn't. Using an old function and a matrix tames the problem.