Can Excel sort by color? Absolutely. In addition to sorting by values, Excel can sort by cell color, font color, and cell icon. First, you must you must define the colors for your sort columns ...

The default active cell format in Microsoft Excel isn't all that easy to see, but you can use this easy-to-implement code solution to change that.

In case of an error, a triangle appears in the corner of the cell. You can change the Color of an Error Indicator from green to any other in Excel.

You can type codes in VBA Editor to change the cell colors in Excel. Learn how to change the cell background color with VBA Editor in Excel.

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.