Recently I was looking for a solution to this quandary for an application I was working on. Based on this AdamSpeight2008 came up with a VB.NET solution to the issue and posted it on his blog, so I thought I'd show the C# solution I came up with.

I do believe in some aspects Adam's solution may be more efficient, as it uses a built-in event for the ListView Control, but I thought it an interesting enough quandary to come up with my own solution, so here it is

/// <summary>
/// method for adding alternating row colows in a ListView control
/// </summary>
/// <param name="lst">ListView we're working with</param>
/// <param name="color1">furst color to use</param>
/// <param name="color2">second color to use</param>
public void SetAlternatingRowColors(ListView lst, Color color1, Color color2)
{
	//loop through each ListViewItem in the ListView control
	foreach (ListViewItem item in lst.Items)
	{
		if ((item.Index % 2) == 0)
			item.BackColor = color1;
		else
			item.BackColor = color2;
	}
}

Happy coding, and can you come up with your own solution?