I’m here to ask for help or suggestions. I’m creating a custom menu with a darker color. Almost everything is fine. The only thing I don’t understand is why the first MenuItem has a default backcolor. The thing is the second one has the correct color. I don’t know if I’m missing something, like, the first one gets the set color at launch or what.

I tried my code on a test project where the strip has a default red color and on Form_Load I change it. They both work perfectly. This is the code I’m using

namespace WindowsFormsApp1
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            menuStrip1.Renderer = new SkinRenderer(new MenuColorTable());
        }
        class MenuColorTable : ProfessionalColorTable
        {
            public MenuColorTable()
            {
                base.UseSystemColors = false;
            }
            public override Color MenuItemSelectedGradientBegin
            {
                get { return Color.FromArgb(12, 46, 73); }
            }
            public override Color MenuItemSelectedGradientEnd
            {
                get { return Color.FromArgb(12, 46, 73); }
            }
            public override Color MenuItemPressedGradientBegin
            {
                get { return Color.FromArgb(6, 6, 6); }
            }
            public override Color MenuItemPressedGradientMiddle
            {
                get { return Color.FromArgb(6, 6, 6); }
            }
            public override Color MenuItemPressedGradientEnd
            {
                get { return Color.FromArgb(6, 6, 6); }
            }
            public override Color MenuBorder
            {
                get { return Color.FromArgb(127, 127, 127); }
            }
            public override Color ToolStripDropDownBackground
            {
                get { return Color.FromArgb(2, 2, 2); }
            }
            public override Color ImageMarginGradientBegin
            {
                get { return Color.FromArgb(10, 10, 10); }
            }
            public override Color ImageMarginGradientMiddle
            {
                get { return Color.FromArgb(10, 10, 10); }
            }
            public override Color ImageMarginGradientEnd
            {
                get { return Color.FromArgb(10, 10, 10); }
            }
            public override System.Drawing.Color MenuItemBorder
            {
                get { return Color.FromArgb(40, 158, 255); }
            }
            public override Color MenuItemSelected
            {
                get { return Color.FromArgb(12, 46, 73); ; }
            }
        }

        private class SkinRenderer : ToolStripProfessionalRenderer
        {
            private SkinRenderer() : base() { }
            public SkinRenderer(MenuColorTable colorTable) : base(colorTable) => Console.WriteLine("test");
            protected override void OnRenderItemText(ToolStripItemTextRenderEventArgs e)
            {
                e.TextColor = Color.FromArgb(220, 220, 220); ;
                TextRenderer.DrawText(e.Graphics, e.Text, e.TextFont, e.TextRectangle, e.TextColor, e.TextFormat);
            }
            protected override void OnRenderArrow(ToolStripArrowRenderEventArgs e)
            {
                ToolStripMenuItem item = e.Item as ToolStripMenuItem;
                if (item != null) { e.ArrowColor = Color.FromArgb(220, 220, 220); }
                base.OnRenderArrow(e);
            }
        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            menuStrip1.BackColor = Color.FromArgb(30, 30, 30);
        }
    }

}

I thought there was something in my code causing this behaviour but I’m not sure. I mean, it’s true at launch the strip has a default color and during the load event I change that color, but why the first item stays default white and the second instead becomes the same color as the strip as it should? Any ideas?