Use the ForeColor property to specify the group's caption foreground color. Use the ForeColorList property to specify the foreground color of the group's list. Use the ForeColorGroup property to specify the default foreground color. Use the <fgcolor> built in HTML tag in the Caption property to define portions of text using a specified foreground color.

In VB.NET or C# you require the following functions until the .NET framework will provide:

You can use the following VB.NET function:

     Shared Function ToUInt32(ByVal c As Color) As UInt32
         Dim i As Long
	 i = c.R
	 i = i + 256 * c.G
	 i = i + 256 * 256 * c.B
	 ToUInt32 = Convert.ToUInt32(i)
     End Function 

You can use the following C# function:

private UInt32 ToUInt32(Color c)
{
	long i;
	i = c.R;
	i = i + 256 * c.G;
	i = i + 256 * 256 * c.B;
	return Convert.ToUInt32(i);
}

The following VB sample changes the group's foreground color:

With ExplorerBar1.Groups(0)
    .ForeColor = vbBlue
End With

The following C++ sample changes the group's foreground color:

m_explorerbar.GetGroups().GetItem( COleVariant( long(0) ) ).SetForeColor( RGB(0,0,255) ) ;

The following VB.NET sample changes the group's foreground color:

With AxExplorerBar1.Groups(0)
    .ForeColor = ToUInt32(Color.Blue)
End With

The following C# sample changes the group's foreground color:

axExplorerBar1.Groups[0].ForeColor = ToUInt32(Color.Blue);

The following VFP sample changes the group's foreground color:

With thisform.ExplorerBar1.Groups(0)
	.ForeColor = RGB(0,0,255)
EndWith