I understand your original question but thought that you may consider an alternative that avoids it altogether.

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>That's not exactly what I intended to ask ... my question (restated) is:
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>On a TreeView, are the (default) colors (both backcolor and forecolor) for SelectedItem, always the same color across all users and PCs?
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>In other words, can I count on the display that I see for the selected item to be the same that all other users see?
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