in the skininfo file after the closing information tag put the following.
quote:
<!-- Options Panel -->
<Options>
<MessengerPlus>
<AllowContactListChange>false</AllowContactListChange>
<AllowChatWndChange>false</AllowChatWndChange>
<TabbedChatBar>
<Color1>
<R>179</R>
<G>240</G>
<B>255</B>
</Color1>
<Color2>
<R>255</R>
<G>157</G>
<B>157</B>
</Color2>
</TabbedChatBar>
</MessengerPlus>
</Options>
that sets the tab colour to a light blue, the colours defined in colour 1 set the normal background colour, no idea what colour 2 is for though but it has to be set, you cannot have any text colour on the tabs except black so you need to pick a colour the looks good with black text on it.