Windows provides a set of system colors, which it uses when displaying any window. Any application can override the system colors, of course, but the colors are there for Windows’, and your, use. Table 9.23 lists the properties of the SystemColors class (SYSTEMCOLORS.CLS), all read/write, that you can use to retrieve and set the Windows system colors.
Table 9.23: : Properties of the SystemColors Class
| Property | Description |
| ScrollBar | Scrollbar system color |
| Background | Windows desktop system color |
| ActiveCaption | Caption of active window system color |
| InactiveCaption | Caption of inactive window system color |
| Menu | Menu system color |
| Window | Window background system color |
| WindowFrame | Window frame system color |
| MenuText | Menu text system color |
| WindowText | Window text system color |
| CaptionText | Text in window caption system color |
| ActiveBorder | Border of active window system color |
| InactiveBorder | Border of inactive window system color |
| AppWorkspace | Background of MDI desktop system color |
| Highlight | Selected item background system color |
| HighlightText | Selected item text system color |
| ButtonFace | Button system color |
| ButtonShadow | 3-D shading of button system color |
| GrayText | Gray text system color (always 0 if dithering is used) |
| ButtonText | Button text system color |
| InactiveCaptionText | Text of inactive window system color |
| ButtonHighlight | 3-D highlight of button system color |
| DarkShadow3D | 3-D dark shadow system color |
| Light3D | Light color for 3-D shaded objects |
| TooltipText | ToolTip text system color |
| TooltipBackground | ToolTip background color system color |