MySQL: Count occurrences of known (or enumerated) distinct values

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Published on 2014-05-27T15:10:53Z Indexed on 2014/05/27 15:25 UTC
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After looking at how to count the occurrences of distinct values in a field, I am wondering how to count the occurrences of each distinct value if the distinct values are known (or enumerated).

For example, if I have a simple table -

TrafficLight        Colour
------------        ------
1                   Red 
2                   Amber
3                   Red 
4                   Red 
5                   Green 
6                   Green 

where one column (in this case Colour) has known (or enumerated) distinct values, how could I return the count for each colour as a separate value, rather than as an array, as in the linked example.

To return an array with a count of each colour (using the same method as in the linked example), the query would be something like SELECT Colour COUNT(*) AS ColourCount FROM TrafficLights GROUP BY Colour, and return an array -

Colour          ColourCount 
------          -----------
Red             3
Amber           1
Green           2

What I would like to do is to return the count for each Colour AS a separate total (e.g. RedCount). How can I do this?

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