How to set the background color for WinForms GridControl?

Background settings

To set the back color for the area of the Grid populated by cells, you must set the grid.BackColor property to the color. The back color for the client area of the Grid is set by the BackgroundColor property where there are no cells and no scrollbars.

//set the backcolor for the grid
gridControl1.BackColor = Color.LightGreen;

//set the backcolor for the gridclient area
gridControl1.Properties.BackgroundColor = Color.LightCyan;

'set the backcolor for the grid
gridControl1.BackColor = Color. LightGreen

'set the backcolor for the gridclient area
gridControl1.Properties.BackgroundColor = Color. LightCyan

After applying the properties, the Grid is shown as follows,

Set the background color to GridControl