forecolour

plural forecolours · alternative forecolor

1. Any colour which stands out among others.

   Then the violet and the blues will be the forecolours of the crimson red, which crowns a piece of work caressed by conscious hands, on a series of stones whose grain itself is a matter of choice - [...]

   1986, Robert Phelps Colette, Flowers and Fruit

2. computingA prominent colour, especially one that is superimposed and visible over other colours.

   This marking is often done by setting the forecolour of the control.

   2009, David Harrison, ated Functional Testing for Java-Swing