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Change the text color in a datagridviewtextboxcell

How can I change the color of the text in a cell according to it's position within the cell? In other words, I want to have the first four characters be light blue and the last four to be light green, all within the same cell. I've tried to split the text, which is easy, and then use graphics to drawstring with different colored brushes, but it doesn't seem to work. Any ideas?

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I've tried all of those suggestions with no success at all.

ddepuemd

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I found a way to do this in the paint method of the grid:

If e.ColumnIndex = 10 Then
If Not IsDBNull(dgvMainGrid.Rows(e.RowIndex).Cells(e.ColumnIndex).Value) Then
Dim value As Integer = Val(dgvMainGrid.Rows(e.RowIndex).Cells(e.ColumnIndex).Value)
If value < 0 Then
dgvMainGrid.Rows(e.RowIndex).Cells(e.ColumnIndex).Style.BackColor = Color.Red
dgvMainGrid.Rows(e.RowIndex).Cells(e.ColumnIndex).Style.ForeColor = Color.White
End If
End If
End If

Thanks for the help!