To reproduce: Set your theme to Windows8: ThemeResolutionService.ApplicationThemeName = new Windows8Theme().ThemeName; Add a RadTextBox and RadMaskedEditBox: RadTextBox textBox = new RadTextBox { Parent = this, Dock = DockStyle.Top, Text = "TextBox" }; RadMaskedEditBox maskedEditBox = new RadMaskedEditBox { Parent = this, Dock = DockStyle.Top, Text = "MaskedEditBox" }; RadDateTimePicker dateTimePicker = new RadDateTimePicker { Parent = this, Dock = DockStyle.Top, Text = "DateTimePicker" }; You can also set their Enabled property to false prior running the form. Run the form and you will see that their background is black. Workaround: For the RadTextBox, set the BackColor of the RootElement to white: textBox.RootElement.BackColor = Color.White; For the RadMaskedEditBox, set the BackColor of the TextBoxItem to white: maskedEditBox.MaskedEditBoxElement.TextBoxItem.BackColor = Color.White; For the RadDateTimePicker, set the BackColor of the TextBoxItem to white as follows: dateTimePicker.DateTimePickerElement.TextBoxElement.TextBoxItem.BackColor = Color.White;