The following example demonstrates how to change the foreground and background of the current cell.

XAML
Copy Code 
<Grid xmlns:xcdg="http://schemas.xceed.com/wpf/xaml/datagrid">

  <Grid.Resources>

    <Style TargetType="{x:Type xcdg:DataCell}">

      <Setter Property="CurrentForeground">

        <Setter.Value>

          <SolidColorBrush Color="Yellow"/>

        </Setter.Value>

        </Setter>

          <Setter Property="CurrentBackground">

            <Setter.Value>

          <SolidColorBrush Color="Orange"/>

        </Setter.Value>

      </Setter>

    </Style>

    <xcdg:DataGridCollectionViewSource x:Key="cvs_orders"

                                    Source="{Binding Source={x:Static Application.Current},

                                                      Path=Orders}"/>

   </Grid.Resources>

   <xcdg:DataGridControl x:Name="OrdersGrid"

                         ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource cvs_orders}}"/>

</Grid>