How to achieve MS Office2016 like appearance in WinForms RibbonControlAdv?

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Appearance

In RibbonControlAdv, it is possible to achieve the MS Office2016 like appearance by setting it property named RibbonStyle as TouchStyle, class named TouchColorTable and function named ApplyTouchColorTable.

Note:

All RibbonItems appearance can be customized in RibbonControlAdv in TouchStyle.

//Sets the Office2013 style.
this.ribbonControlAdv1.BackStageNavigationButtonStyle = BackStageNavigationButtonStyles.Office2013;
 
//Sets the Color for Ribbon Panel.
TouchStylecolor.RibbonPanelBackColor = Color.FromArgb(178, 178, 178);
 
//Sets the color for the Active ToolStrip.
TouchStylecolor.ToolstripActiveTabItemForeColor = Color.White;
 
//Sets the Back color for the Active ToolStrip.
TouchStylecolor.ActiveToolStripTabItemBackColor = Color.FromArgb(178, 178, 178);
 
//Sets the color for the BackStage.
TouchStylecolor.BackStageTabColor = Color.FromArgb(68, 68, 68);
 
//Sets the color for BackStage button.
TouchStylecolor.BackStageButtonColor = Color.Black;
 
//Sets the color of the tab for hover state.
TouchStylecolor.HoverTabBackColor = Color.FromArgb(42, 141, 212);
 
//Sets the color for the BackstageTab.
TouchStylecolor.BackStageTabColor = Color.FromArgb(42, 141, 212);
 
//Disables the default highlight color of RibbonControlAdv
this.ribbonControlAdv1.UseDefaultHighlightColor = false;
 
//Sets the Ribbon style
this.ribbonControlAdv1.RibbonStyle = RibbonStyle.TouchStyle;

'Sets the Office2013 style.
Me.ribbonControlAdv1.BackStageNavigationButtonStyle = BackStageNavigationButtonStyles.Office2013
 
'Sets the Color for Ribbon Panel.
TouchStylecolor.RibbonPanelBackColor = Color.FromArgb(178,178,178)
 
'Sets the color for the Active ToolStrip.
TouchStylecolor.ToolstripActiveTabItemForeColor = Color.White
 
'Sets the Back color for the Active ToolStrip.
TouchStylecolor.ActiveToolStripTabItemBackColor = Color.FromArgb(178, 178, 178)
 
'Sets the color for the BackStage.
TouchStylecolor.BackStageTabColor = Color.FromArgb(68, 68, 68)
 
'Sets the color for BackStage button.
TouchStylecolor.BackStageButtonColor = Color.Black
 
'Sets the color of the tab for hover state.
TouchStylecolor.HoverTabBackColor = Color.FromArgb(42, 141, 212)
 
'Sets the color for the BackstageTab.
TouchStylecolor.BackStageTabColor = Color.FromArgb(42,141,212)
 
'Disables the default highlight color of RibbonControlAdv
Me.ribbonControlAdv1.UseDefaultHighlightColor = False
 
'Sets the Ribbon style
Me.ribbonControlAdv1.RibbonStyle = RibbonStyle.TouchStyle

Appearance in RibbonControlAdv with image