Counting shapes of the same color

Good morning,

I have good news! I checked with our formula wizards, and I got the formula that you will use. To start you will need to be using Lucidchart. If your current diagram is in Lucidspark, simply use our fast product switching by clicking in the upper left corner of your document on the Lucidspark icon, and then select “edit in Lucidchart”. 
 

Next you will need to know the hex code of the colors you want to count. I did this by selecting the shape on the canvas that I needed to know the hex code for > selecting the color picker (the paint bucket icon) > selecting the plus sign in the bottom of the popup > and you can see the hex code to the right (see screenshot for reference). 

Next step is to add a formula to the page in the contextual panel. You can access this by clicking anywhere blank on the canvas > In the right hand upper corner you will select the little square (contextual panel) > then select the button to add a new data field. 
 

Next you will add the formula below (copy/paste it from the text below) in the “Property 1” field. You will need to edit the formula to use the hex code you identified following the previous steps. You can simply hit enter after you have entered the hex code.

* (One thing I noticed was that as I typed the new hex code, it kept the previous hex code there, so I just deleted that and made sure the one I wanted was the only one entered, it should only ever be 6 characters in length).

 

=COUNTIF(children(page), x => FILLCOLOR(x)

= HEXCOLOR('#e3fae3'))

You will see the number change in the field below the “Property 1” field which indicates how many shapes are using that hex code (color) to fill. If you want you can change the name of the “Property 1” field to anything you prefer to call it. 
 

Let me know if you have any questions! I hope this helps!