I Have Figured it out lol. anybody who reads this in the future, use listctrl ;)...

$dirname = "$dir/path/";

$lc->DeleteAllItems();

my ($red, $green) = ( wxRED, wxGREEN );

foreach my $file ( <'$dirname'/*> ) {
        next if -d $file;
        open( my $FILE, $file );
        binmode( $FILE );

        $filesize = -s $file;

        $file =~ s{.*/}{};

        $md5 = Digest::MD5->new->addfile($FILE)->hexdigest;

if ( $md5s =~ $md5 ) { 
        my $text = ( "Match!     | $file | $filesize\n" );
        $lc->InsertStringItem( 0, $text );
        ( $text ) = Wx::ListItem->new;
        $text->SetId( 0 );
        $text->SetTextColour( $green );
        $lc->SetItem( $text );

        }
        else {

        my $text = ( "Warning!     | $file | $filesize\n" );   
        $lc->InsertStringItem( 0, $text );
        ( $text ) = Wx::ListItem->new;
        $text->SetId( 0 );
        $text->SetTextColour( $red );
        $lc->SetItem( $text );
    }
}

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this will color each individual item in a listctrl. im not sure if this is the "proper" way to do it but it does work. now i just need to specify a darker shade of green, cz that bright green is like glow in the dark.

In reply to Re: How do i color font in a listbox? by james28909
in thread How do i color font in a listbox? (Solved!!!) by james28909

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