Returns or sets the background and foreground colors of individual cells or ranges of cells. Not available at design time.
object.CellBackColor [= color ]
object.CellForeColor [= color ]
The CellBackColor and CellForeColor properties syntax has these parts:
| Part | Description |
|---|---|
| object | An object expression that evaluates to an object. |
| color | Integer (enumerated). A numeric expression specifying the color for the current cell selection. Setting either of these properties to zero paints the cell using standard background and foreground colors. |
Changing this property affects the current cell or the current selection, depending on the setting of the FillStyle property.
Setting either of these properties to zero causes the Grid control to paint the cell using the standard background and foreground colors. If you want to set either of these properties to black, set them to one instead of zero.
When working with color, it is important to keep in mind how color appears when viewed on a grayscale device. The following table shows how the 16-color palette translates to four grays.
| Color | Red | Green | Blue | Gray conversion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 0 | 0 | 0 | Black |
| White | 255 | 255 | 255 | White |
| Dark gray | 128 | 128 | 128 | Dark gray |
| Light gray | 192 | 192 | 192 | Light gray |
| Dark red | 128 | 0 | 0 | Black |
| Red | 255 | 0 | 0 | Dark gray |
| Dark yellow | 128 | 128 | 0 | Dark gray |
| Yellow | 255 | 255 | 0 | Light gray |
| Dark green | 0 | 128 | 0 | Black |
| Green | 0 | 255 | 0 | Dark gray |
| Dark cyan | 0 | 128 | 128 | Dark gray |
| Cyan | 0 | 255 | 255 | Light gray |
| Dark blue | 0 | 0 | 128 | Black |
| Blue | 0 | 0 | 255 | Dark gray |
| Dark magenta | 128 | 0 | 128 | Dark gray |
| Magenta | 255 | 0 | 255 | Light gray |