Visual Basic for Applications Reference
System Color Constants
See Also Specifics
The following constants can be used anywhere in your code in place of the actual values:
| Constant | Value | Description |
| vbScrollBars | 0x80000000 | Scroll bar color |
| vbDesktop | 0x80000001 | Desktop color |
| vbActiveTitleBar | 0x80000002 | Color of the title bar for the active window |
| vbInactiveTitleBar | 0x80000003 | Color of the title bar for the inactive window |
| vbMenuBar | 0x80000004 | Menu background color |
| vbWindowBackground | 0x80000005 | Window background color |
| vbWindowFrame | 0x80000006 | Window frame color |
| vbMenuText | 0x80000007 | Color of text on menus |
| vbWindowText | 0x80000008 | Color of text in windows |
| vbTitleBarText | 0x80000009 | Color of text in caption, size box, and scroll arrow |
| vbActiveBorder | 0x8000000A | Border color of active window |
| vbInactiveBorder | 0x8000000B | Border color of inactive window |
| vbApplicationWorkspace | 0x8000000C | Background color of multiple-document interface (MDI) applications |
| vbHighlight | 0x8000000D | Background color of items selected in a control |
| vbHighlightText | 0x8000000E | Text color of items selected in a control |
| vbButtonFace | 0x8000000F | Color of shading on the face of command buttons |
| vbButtonShadow | 0x80000010 | Color of shading on the edge of command buttons |
| vbGrayText | 0x80000011 | Grayed (disabled) text |
| vbButtonText | 0x80000012 | Text color on push buttons |
| vbInactiveCaptionText | 0x80000013 | Color of text in an inactive caption |
| vb3DHighlight | 0x80000014 | Highlight color for 3-D display elements |
| vb3DDKShadow | 0x80000015 | Darkest shadow color for 3-D display elements |
| vb3DLight | 0x80000016 | Second lightest 3-D color after vb3DHighlight |
| vbInfoText | 0x80000017 | Color of text in ToolTips |
| vbInfoBackground | 0x80000018 | Background color of ToolTips |