System colors (E.G. Background color, Foreground color, etc.) can be useful when setting colors without needing to explicitly state its RGB value. However, these color can actually vary in appearance depending on whether you are on a macOS or Windows system even when these colors retain the same constant longint value.

Take for example you are styling a listbox to alternate background color every other row. Odd numbered rows will be set to the Background color constant while even numbered rows will be set to Background color none. The images below show how this listbox will look like on each OS.

Windows:



Mac:


Below is a table showing the differences between system colors on each OS.


In conclusion, it may be more preferable to explicit set RBG values instead of system colors in order to retain color uniformity between both operating systems.