using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Drawing;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms.VisualStyles;

namespace DateTimePickerWithBackColor
{
    /// <summary>
    ///     A derivation of DateTimePicker allowing to change background color
    /// </summary>
    class MyDateTimePicker : System.Windows.Forms.DateTimePicker
    {
        [Browsable(true)]
        public override Color BackColor
        {
            get { return base.BackColor; }
            set { base.BackColor = value; }
        }
    }
}

private void InitializeComponent()
        {
            this.dateTimePicker1 = new WindowsFormsApplication1.MyDateTimePikcer();
            this.SuspendLayout();
            // 
            // dateTimePicker1
            // 
            this.dateTimePicker1.BackColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.Control;
            this.dateTimePicker1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(28, 50);
            this.dateTimePicker1.Name = "dateTimePicker1";
            this.dateTimePicker1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(200, 20);
            this.dateTimePicker1.TabIndex = 0;