To reproduce: - Enable the alternating row color and change the current cell as fast as you can. Workaround: void radGridView1_RowFormatting(object sender, RowFormattingEventArgs e) { if (e.RowElement.RowInfo.Index %2 ==0) { e.RowElement.DrawFill = true; e.RowElement.GradientStyle = GradientStyles.Solid; e.RowElement.BackColor = Color.Aqua; } else { e.RowElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.BackColorProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local); e.RowElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.GradientStyleProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local); e.RowElement.ResetValue(LightVisualElement.DrawFillProperty, ValueResetFlags.Local); } }