how to change color of item in the list?

Do something like the code below where cForeColor, cBackColor and fFont are the desired forground color, background color and font respectively.

ListView listView;
ListViewItem item = new ListViewItem("Test");
item.UseItemStyleForSubItems = false;
item.SubItems.Add("Hello", cForeColor, cBackColor, fFont);

Also read this article[^] for more advanced ideas.