# Color Properties

## Content

The following properties let you customize the colors used in the control itself.

| **Property** | **Description** |
| -------- | ----------- |
| [Background](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.windows.controls.control.background?view=netframework-4.5.2) | Gets or sets a brush that describes the background of a control. This is a dependency property. |
| [Foreground](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.windows.controls.control.foreground?view=netframework-4.5.2) | Gets or sets a brush that describes the foreground color. This is a dependency property. |
| [HeaderBackground](/componentone/api/wpf/online-basiclibrary/dotnet-framework-api/C1.WPF.4.6.2/C1.WPF.C1HeaderedContentControl.HeaderBackground.html) | Gets or sets the background brush of the header. |
| [HeaderForeground](/componentone/api/wpf/online-basiclibrary/dotnet-framework-api/C1.WPF.4.6.2/C1.WPF.C1HeaderedContentControl.HeaderForeground.html) | Gets or sets the foreground brush of the header. |