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To create new custom color tables for ribbon tabs and ribbon tab groups you need to set CustomColorName property on RibbonTabItem and RibbonTabItemGroup objects with the name of the custom color table you created and have added to Office2007ColorTable. Here is sample code that creates new color tables for ribbon tab and ribbon tab group. […]

Wpf-Ribbon™ includes 3 predefined color schemes: Blue (default), Silver and Black. To change the current color scheme simply merge our color scheme resource into your application current resources. If you are using DotNetBar for WPF 5.4 or later you can use Ribbon.VisualStyle and DockSite.VisualStyle properties to change style and color scheme for ribbon and dock […]

To change navigation pane colors you need to access the navigationPane.NavigationBar.ColorScheme object. C#: private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { ColorScheme colorScheme = navigationPane1.NavigationBar.ColorScheme; // Office 2007, 2010 and Windows 7 styles use global color scheme // Note that changes to global color scheme affect all controls that use changed colors if (navigationPane1.Style == eDotNetBarStyle.StyleManagerControlled […]