I believe you should be able to use the following API call to get this info:

#DEFINE COLOR_HIGHLIGHT = 13
DECLARE INTEGER GetSysColor IN WIN32API INTEGER
Mycolor = GetSysColor( COLOR_HIGHLIGHT )

Bill

>I am interested in the "Native" default colors.
>
>Glenn
>>>Does anyone know a way to determine the color of TestBox.SelectedBackcolor if the current object or any object in the hierarchy does not have an instance of Textbox to interrogate? I do not want to create an instance of the textbox just to find out what the color of the SelectedBackcolor is.
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>Hi Glenn,
>>
>>What textbox property do you want to know? VFP native textbox or one of your's classes?