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.

To count colored cells in Microsoft Excel, you may use the Find and Select tool or the Excel Filter and SUBTOTAL() function.

You can shift Cells Down in Excel by right-clicking, clicking and dragging, via the Home tab, using Shift-Click-Drag, Right-click and drag, Inserting copied cells, etc.

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.