Howdy George, The way I'd do it is to use the VB constants for it. Like: frmMain.BackColor=VBBlue A full list of the vb color constants can be found in the msdn. hth, Simon ----- Original Message ----- From: malali2@xxxxxxxx To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 5:23 PM Subject: Help setting backColor properties Hello friends, I would appreciate any help or suggestions on setting the back color properties for forms in visual Basic six. I am sure many of you have been down this road before and have found solutions to it. Thank you guys for any help. George Savory