Count cells not equal to

To count the number of cells that are not equal to a given value, you can use the COUNTIF function. In the generic form of the formula, range represents a range of cells, and x represents the value you don't want to count. All other values will be counted. In the example shown, G5 contains this formula: =COUNTIF(D5:D16,"red") COUNTIF returns 9, since nine cells in D5:D16 are not equal to "red".