Color Indication

Updated on Mar 26, 2026

The BusyIndicator allows you to change the text and shape colors if its indicator.

To change the brush color of the animated indicator shape, define a Brush element in the Resources of RadBusyIndicator with an x:Key set to TelerikBusyIndicator_IndicatorBackground.

To change the brush color of the background behind the indicator, define a Brush element in the Resources of RadBusyIndicator with an x:Key set to TelerikBusyIndicator_OverlayBackground.

To change the color of the text, define with the Content property of the control and set the Foreground property of RadBusyIndicator.

Set custom colors

XAML

<primitives:RadBusyIndicator IsActive="True" Foreground="Red">
	<primitives:RadBusyIndicator.Resources>
		<SolidColorBrush x:Key="TelerikBusyIndicator_IndicatorBackground" Color="Red" />
		<SolidColorBrush x:Key="TelerikBusyIndicator_OverlayBackground" Color="#33FF0000" />
	</primitives:RadBusyIndicator.Resources>
</primitives:RadBusyIndicator>

The following image shows the end result.