Putting THIS.SetBackColor after the THISFORM.Refresh in the NEXT button code solved the problem. Thanks for working with me. I thought of the solution last night at some point during the night when I was half asleep , but my computer was turned off long before then.

But I do have a follow-up question:
It seems to change the colors kind of slow. You can see the textboxes gradually change colors after going to the next record. Is there a way to freeze the screen until after the colors are changed instead of watching them gradually change textbox by textbox?

Is it LOCKSCREEN = .T.?