using:
<HeaderStyle VerticalAlign="Bottom" Wrap="True" BackColor="Blue" />
the back color will not change.
<telerik:RadGrid AutoGenerateColumns="false" ID="grdPendingClaims" AllowSorting="True" GridLines="Both" OnSortCommand="grdPendingClaims_SortCommand" OnNeedDataSource="grdPendingClaims_NeedDataSource" Height="200px" Width="9in" runat="server" CellSpacing="0"> <HeaderStyle VerticalAlign="Bottom" Wrap="True" BackColor="Blue" /> <ClientSettings> <Scrolling AllowScroll="True" UseStaticHeaders="true" SaveScrollPosition="True" > </Scrolling> </ClientSettings> <ItemStyle BorderColor="Black" BorderStyle="Solid" BorderWidth="25px" /> <ExportSettings ExportOnlyData="true" IgnorePaging="true" OpenInNewWindow="true" /> <MasterTableView TableLayout="Auto" Width="100%" AllowNaturalSort="false" GridLines="Both" > <Columns> <telerik:GridBoundColumn HeaderText="Status" DataField="CurrentStatus" UniqueName="CurrentStatus" SortExpression="CurrentStatus" ShowSortIcon="False" ShowFilterIcon="False" ReadOnly="True" AllowFiltering="False"> </telerik:GridBoundColumn> <telerik:GridBoundColumn HeaderText="ClaimID" DataField="ClaimID" UniqueName="ClaimID" SortExpression="ClaimID" Visible="False" ShowSortIcon="False" ShowFilterIcon="False" ReadOnly="True" AllowFiltering="False"> </telerik:GridBoundColumn> <telerik:GridBoundColumn HeaderText="Claim Number" DataField="ClaimNumber" UniqueName="ClaimNumber" SortExpression="ClaimNumber" ShowSortIcon="False" ShowFilterIcon="False" ReadOnly="True" AllowFiltering="False"> </telerik:GridBoundColumn> <telerik:GridBoundColumn HeaderText="MemberID" DataField="MemberID" UniqueName="MemberID" SortExpression="MemberID" Visible="False" ShowSortIcon="False" ShowFilterIcon="False" ReadOnly="True" AllowFiltering="False"> </telerik:GridBoundColumn> <telerik:GridBoundColumn HeaderText="Member Name" DataField="Member Name" UniqueName="Member Name" SortExpression="Member Name" ItemStyle-Wrap="False" ShowSortIcon="False" ShowFilterIcon="False" ReadOnly="True" AllowFiltering="False"> <ItemStyle Wrap="False" /> </telerik:GridBoundColumn> <telerik:GridBoundColumn HeaderText="Start Date" DataField="BeginDate" UniqueName="BeginDate" SortExpression="BeginDate" DataType="System.DateTime" ItemStyle-Wrap="False" DataFormatString="{0:MM/dd/yyyy}" ShowSortIcon="False" ShowFilterIcon="False" ReadOnly="True" AllowFiltering="False"> <ItemStyle Wrap="False" /> </telerik:GridBoundColumn> <telerik:GridBoundColumn HeaderText="End Date" DataField="EndDate" UniqueName="EndDate" SortExpression="EndDate" DataType="System.DateTime" ItemStyle-Wrap="False" DataFormatString="{0:MM/dd/yyyy}" ShowSortIcon="False" ShowFilterIcon="False" ReadOnly="True" AllowFiltering="False"> <ItemStyle Wrap="False" /> </telerik:GridBoundColumn> <telerik:GridBoundColumn HeaderText="Units" DataField="Units" UniqueName="Units" SortExpression="Units" DataType="System.Int32" DataFormatString="{0:###,##0}" ShowSortIcon="False" ShowFilterIcon="False" ReadOnly="True" AllowFiltering="False"> <ItemStyle HorizontalAlign="Right" Wrap="False" /> </telerik:GridBoundColumn> <telerik:GridBoundColumn HeaderText="Division" DataField="Division" UniqueName="Division" SortExpression="Division" ShowSortIcon="False" ShowFilterIcon="False" ReadOnly="True" AllowFiltering="False"> <ItemStyle HorizontalAlign="Center" Wrap="False" /> </telerik:GridBoundColumn> </Columns> </MasterTableView></telerik:RadGrid>