#include <QApplication>
#include <QListWidget>

void setColor(QListWidgetItem *w, QString value) {
    w->setTextColor(value);
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    QApplication a(argc, argv);

    // Init
    QListWidget *l = new QListWidget(0);
    QListWidgetItem *i1 = new QListWidgetItem("1"),
                    *i2 = new QListWidgetItem("2"),
                    *i3 = new QListWidgetItem("3");

    // Set Colors
    setColor(i1, "orange");
    setColor(i2, "white");
    setColor(i3, "red");

    // Add items & show
    l->addItem(i1); l->addItem(i2); l->addItem(i3);
    l->setStyleSheet("QListWidget::item { background-color: blue; }");
    l->show();

    // Set Index to first row, as QListWidget is the only selectable widget on the screen
    // It shows the first row as being selected, while it is not really (another bug?)
    // You can see this by uncommenting the following line
    l->setCurrentRow(0);

    return a.exec();
}