Use the LabelBackColor property to change the background color of the label of the editor. Use the BackColor property to change the editor's background color. Use the ForeColor property to change the editor's foreground color. Use the <bgcolor> HTML tag to specify a background color for parts of the editor's label. Use the Label property to specify the editor's label. Use the BackColor property to specify the control's background color.

The following sample assign different background colors for label and the editor as seeing in the screen shot:

With Record1
    .BeginUpdate
    With .Add("Label (red)", DropDownType)
        .Value = "Editor (blue)"
        .BackColor = vbBlue
        .LabelBackColor = vbRed
        .ForeColor = vbWhite
        .Position = 0
    End With
    .EndUpdate
End With