How to Change Color of Tab Control in C#

As there is no properties to change foreground and back ground color of tab control, it can be done by overriding the DrawItem event of the control. Following are the steps involved to do the same. 1. Set the TabControl's DrawMode to OwnerDrawMode 2. Handle the DrawItem event to draw things. Please see the following example; private void tabControl1_DrawItem(object sender, DrawItemEventArgs e) { //get tabpage TabPage tabPages = tabControl1.TabPages[e.Index]; Graphics graphics = e.Graphics; Brush textBrush = new SolidBrush(Color.Green); //fore color brush Rectangle tabBounds = tabControl1.GetTabRect(e.Index); if (e.State == DrawItemState.Selected) {            graphics.FillRectangle(Brushes.SkyBlue, e.Bounds); //fill background color } else {             textBrush = new System.Drawing.SolidBrush(e.ForeColor);             e.DrawBackground(); } Font tabFont = new Font("Book Antiqua", 12, FontStyle.Italic | FontStyle.Bold, GraphicsUnit.Pixel); StringFormat strFormat = new StringFormat(); strFormat.Alignment = StringAlignment.Near; strFormat.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Near; // draw text graphics.DrawString(tabPages.Text, tabFont, textBrush, tabBounds, new StringFormat(strFormat)); graphics.Dispose(); textBrush.Dispose(); }