Get the sum of values based on their background color - Google Sheets

Question

It is possible in a google sheet to sum a row of data based on the formatting something like :

sumif(a1:d1, if background is green)

Answer 1

Explanation:

I think the only way to achieve your goal is to use Google Apps Script and in particular custom functions.

The following custom function totalColor(cells,color) accepts a cell or a range of cells you want to check and a color of your choice.

Here is the list of all available colors:

redberry, red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, cornflowerblue, blue, purple, magenta, grey, white, black

The function returns the total sum of values of the cells for which the background colors are one of the chosen color.

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Solution:

function totalColor(cells,color) {
    
const jsonColor = {
    redberry: [ '#980000','#e6b8af','#dd7e6b','#cc4125','#a61c00','#85200c','#5b0f00'],
    red: [ '#ff0000','#f4cccc', '#ea9999','#e06666','#cc0000','#990000','#660000' ],
    orange:[ '#ff9900','#fce5cd','#f9cb9c','#f6b26b','#e69138','#b45f06','#783f04' ],
    yellow: [ '#ffff00','#fff2cc','#ffe599','#ffd966','#f1c232','#bf9000','#7f6000' ],
    green: [ '#00ff00','#d9ead3','#b6d7a8','#93c47d','#6aa84f','#38761d','#274e13' ],
    cyan:  [ '#00ffff','#d0e0e3','#a2c4c9','#76a5af','#45818e','#134f5c','#0c343d' ],
    cornflowerblue: [ '#4a86e8','#c9daf8','#a4c2f4','#6d9eeb','#3c78d8','#1155cc','#1c4587' ],
    blue:[ '#0000ff','#cfe2f3','#9fc5e8','#6fa8dc','#3d85c6','#0b5394','#073763' ],
    purple: [ '#9900ff','#d9d2e9','#b4a7d6','#8e7cc3','#674ea7','#351c75','#20124d' ],
    magenta: [ '#ff00ff','#ead1dc','#d5a6bd','#c27ba0','#a64d79','#741b47','#4c1130' ],
    grey:["#666666", "#999999", "#b7b7b7", "#cccccc", "#d9d9d9", "#efefef", "#f3f3f3"],
    white: ["#ffffff"],
    black: ["#000000"]
  };  
  
const colorArr = jsonColor[color]; 
const sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getActiveSheet();
const range = sheet.getRange(cells);
const hex_array = range.getBackgrounds().flat();
const values = range.getValues().flat();
var total = 0; 
hex_array.forEach((h,i)=>{                    
  if(colorArr.includes(h)){
  total += values[i];
  }                    
}); 
return total;  
}

and then use it as a simple formula in your sheet by defining the cell or the range of cells and the color with "", for example:

=totalColor("A1:D1", "green")

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Instructions how to create a custom function:

1. Click on Tools => Script editor:

2. Copy & Paste the aforementioned code snippet into the script editor and click on the save button: