The following example shows how you can set the icon color of a disabled Flex CheckBox control by setting the disabledIconColor style.

Full code after the jump.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2009/01/29/setting-the-arrow-icon-color-of-a-disabled-checkbox-control-in-flex/ -->
<mx:Application name="ComboBox_disabledIconColor_test"
        xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="top"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
        <mx:Form styleName="plain">
            <mx:FormItem label="disabledIconColor:">
                <mx:ColorPicker id="colorPicker" />
            </mx:FormItem>
            <mx:FormItem label="enabled:">
                <mx:CheckBox id="checkBox" />
            </mx:FormItem>
        </mx:Form>
    </mx:ApplicationControlBar>

    <mx:ComboBox id="comboBox"
            dataProvider="[One,Two,Three,Four,Five,Six,Seven,Eight]"
            iconColor="red"
            disabledIconColor="{colorPicker.selectedColor}"
            enabled="{checkBox.selected}" />

</mx:Application>
 
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Peter deHaan currently works for Adobe on the Flex SDK QA team. While not working on Flex, Flash, and ColdFusion applications, Peter enjoys making up bios and writing in 3rd person. Peter's rarely updated blog can be found at blogs.adobe.com/pdehaan/, actionscriptexamples.com, airexamples.com, and coldfusionexamples.com.

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