I'm using an Infragistics.Win.UltraWinEditors.UltraTextEditor to display a short code on one of my forms. The control uses the application style for Office and initially the control looks like this:

When you enter the field it looks like this (mouseover or set focus):

So This field is mandatory and if the user doesn't fill any data in and tries to save the background color is changed:

Me.shortCodeValue.Appearance.BackColor = Color.LightCoral

My problem is that once I've changed the color, I can't figure out how to get the control to return to it's originally loaded state (see first two images). I can set the BackColor to Nothing and the functionality doesn't return. I've also tried changing the color, which works, but I lose the color toggle that was originally there. Does anybody have any ideas on how to resolve this?