With StyleMakeItem you can define an color, imge or 9patch-image.
In this case it is this line to define the color
nk.StyleMakeItem("<styleitem name='grey' color='60,60,60'/>")
In the documentation you can find a function overview. (About Styling)
In the download package there is a folder (doc/source) containing a file called default.skin. Here you can see all the possible tags that you can set for each widget.
here in short the xml-file
default.skin
<skin>
<styleitem name="transparent" color="0x00000000"/>
<styleitem name="hide" color="0x00000000"/>
<styleitem name="color_text" color="220,220,220, 255"/>
<styleitem name="color_window" color="112,128,144, 255"/>
<styleitem name="color_header" color="47,79,79, 255"/>
<styleitem name="color_header_label" color="220,220,220, 255"/>
<styleitem name="color_border" color="47,79,79, 255"/>
<styleitem name="color_label" color="16,16,16, 255"/>
<styleitem name="color_button_normal" color="192,192,192, 255"/>
<styleitem name="color_button_hover" color="0x8B9EB2ff"/>
<styleitem name="color_button_active" color="218,165,32, 255"/>
<styleitem name="color_toggle_normal" color="47,79,79,, 255"/>
<styleitem name="color_toggle_hover" color="0x8B9EB2ff"/>
<styleitem name="color_toggle_cursor" color="255,215,0, 255"/>
<styleitem name="color_edit_back" color="250,250,210, 255"/>
<styleitem name="color_edit_border" color="240,230,140, 255"/>
<styleitem name="color_edit_text" color="139,69,19, 255"/>
<styleitem name="color_black" color="0,0,0, 255"/>
<font/>
<style>
<cursors>
<cursor image="" size="" offset=""/>
</cursors>
<text color="color_text" padding="2,2"/>
<button normal="color_button_normal" hover="color_button_hover" active="color_button_active" border_color="transparent" text_normal="color_label" text_hover="color_label" text_active="color_label" text_background="transparent" border="" rounding="" padding="" image_padding="" touch_padding="" text_alignment="text_centered" />
<context_button normal="color_button_normal" hover="color_button_hover" active="color_button_active" border_color="transparent" text_normal="color_label" text_hover="color_label" text_active="color_label" text_background="transparent" border="" rounding="" padding="" image_padding="" touch_padding="" text_alignment="text_centered" />
<menu_button normal="transparent" hover="color_button_hover" active="color_button_active" border_color="color_button_normal" text_normal="color_label" text_hover="color_label" text_active="color_label" text_background="transparent" border="0" rounding="3" padding="" image_padding="" touch_padding="" text_alignment="text_centered" />
<checkbox normal="color_toggle_normal" hover="color_toggle_hover" active="color_toggle_hover" border_color="" cursor_normal="color_toggle_cursor" cursor_hover="color_toggle_cursor" text_normal="color_label" text_hover="color_label" text_active="color_label" text_background="" text_alignment="" padding="" touch_padding="" spacing="" border="" />
<option normal="color_toggle_normal" hover="color_toggle_hover" active="color_toggle_hover" border_color="" cursor_normal="color_toggle_cursor" cursor_hover="color_toggle_cursor" text_normal="color_label" text_hover="color_label" text_active="color_label" text_background="" text_alignment="" padding="" touch_padding="" spacing="" border="" />
<selectable normal="color_button_normal" hover="color_button_hover" pressed="color_button_hover" normal_active="color_button_active" hover_active="color_button_active" pressed_active="color_button_hover" text_background="transparent" text_normal="color_label" text_hover="color_label" text_pressed="color_label" text_normal_active="color_label" text_hover_active="color_label" text_pressed_active="color_label" rounding="" padding="" image_padding="" touch_padding=""/>
<progress normal="color_button_normal" hover="color_button_normal" active="color_button_normal" border_color="hide" cursor_normal="color_button_active" cursor_hover="color_button_active" cursor_active="color_button_active" cursor_border_color="hide" cursor_border="" cursor_rounding="" rounding="0" padding="0,5" border=""/>
<chart background="color_button_normal" border_color="color_button_hover" selected_color="color_button_active" color="color_label" border="2" rounding="3" padding=""/>
<combo normal="color_button_normal" hover="color_button_hover" active="" border_color="color_button_active" label_normal="color_label" label_hover="color_label" label_active="color_label" symbol_normal="" symbol_hover="" symbol_active="" sym_normal="" sym_hover="" sym_active="" border="0" rounding="0" content_padding="" button_padding="" spacing_vec2="">
<button normal="color_button_normal" hover="color_button_hover" active="color_button_active" border_color="transparent" text_normal="color_label" text_hover="color_label" text_active="color_label" />
</combo>
<slider normal="hide" hover="hide" active="hide" border_color="transparent" bar_normal="color_button_normal" bar_hover="color_button_hover" bar_active="color_button_hover" bar_filled="color_button_active" cursor_normal="color_button_normal" cursor_hover="color_button_hover" cursor_active="color_button_active" border="" rounding="" bar_height="2" padding="" spacing_vec2="" cursor_size_vec2="5,5" show_buttons="1" inc_symbol="symbol_plus" dec_symbol="symbol_minus"/>
<inc_button normal="color_button_normal" hover="color_button_hover" active="color_button_active" text_normal="color_label" text_hover="color_label" text_active="color_label" />
<dec_button normal="color_button_normal" hover="color_button_hover" active="color_button_active" text_normal="color_label" text_hover="color_label" text_active="color_label" />
</slider>
<scrollh normal="transparent" hover="color_button_hover" active="color_button_hover" border_color="hide" cursor_normal="color_button_normal" cursor_hover="color_button_active" cursor_active="color_button_active" cursor_border_color="hide" border="0" rounding="0" border_cursor="0" rounding_cursor="0" padding="" show_buttons="1" inc_symbol="symbol_triangle_right" dec_symbol="symbol_triangle_left">
<inc_button normal="color_button_normal" hover="color_button_hover" active="color_button_active" text_normal="color_label" text_hover="color_label" text_active="color_label" border="0"/>
<dec_button normal="color_button_normal" hover="color_button_hover" active="color_button_active" text_normal="color_label" text_hover="color_label" text_active="color_label" border="0" />
</scrollh>
<scrollv normal="transparent" hover="color_button_hover" active="color_button_hover" border_color="hide" cursor_normal="color_button_normal" cursor_hover="color_button_active" cursor_active="color_button_active" cursor_border_color="hide" border="0" rounding="0" border_cursor="0" rounding_cursor="0" padding="" show_buttons="1" inc_symbol="symbol_triangle_down" dec_symbol="symbol_triangle_up">
<inc_button normal="color_button_normal" hover="color_button_hover" active="color_button_active" text_normal="color_label" text_hover="color_label" text_active="color_label" border="0" />
<dec_button normal="color_button_normal" hover="color_button_hover" active="color_button_active" text_normal="color_label" text_hover="color_label" text_active="color_label" border="0" />
</scrollv>
<edit normal="color_edit_back" hover="color_edit_back" active="color_edit_back" border_color="edit_border" cursor_normal="color_edit_text" cursor_hover="color_edit_text" cursor_text_normal="color_edit_back" cursor_text_hover="color_edit_back" text_normal="color_edit_text" text_hover="color_edit_text" text_active="color_edit_text" selected_normal="" selected_hover="" selected_text_normal="" selected_text_hover="" border="2" rounding="2" cursor_size="" scrollbar_size="10,10" padding="3,3" row_padding="">
<scrollbar normal="transparent" hover="color_button_hover" active="color_button_hover" border_color="hide" cursor_normal="color_button_normal" cursor_hover="color_button_active" cursor_active="color_button_active" cursor_border_color="hide" border="0" rounding="0" border_cursor="0" rounding_cursor="0" padding="" show_buttons="0" inc_symbol="symbol_triangle_down" dec_symbol="symbol_triangle_up">
</scrollbar>
</edit>
<property normal="color_button_normal" hover="color_button_hover" active="color_button_active" border_color="" label_normal="color_label" label_hover="color_label" label_active="color_label" sym_left="symbol_triangle_left" sym_right="symbol_triangle_right" border="1" rounding="5" padding="">
<edit normal="transparent" hover="color_button_normal" active="color_edit_back" border_color="edit_border" cursor_normal="color_edit_text" cursor_hover="color_edit_text" cursor_text_normal="color_edit_back" cursor_text_hover="color_edit_back" text_normal="color_label" text_hover="color_label" text_active="color_edit_text" selected_normal="" selected_hover="" selected_text_normal="" selected_text_hover="" border="" rounding="2" cursor_size="" scrollbar_size="" padding="" row_padding="">
<scrollbar>
<inc_button/>
<dec_button/>
</scrollbar>
</edit>
<dec_button normal="transparent" hover="transparent" active="transparent" text_normal="color_label" text_hover="color_label" text_active="color_label"/>
<inc_button normal="transparent" hover="transparent" active="transparent" text_normal="color_label" text_hover="color_label" text_active="color_label"/>
</property>
<tab background="color_header" border_color="color_header_label" text="color_text" sym_minimize="" sym_maximize="" border="0" rounding="" indent="" padding="" spaceing_vec2="">
<tab_maximize_button normal="transparent" hover="color_button_hover" active="color_button_active" border_color="" text_normal="color_header_label" text_hover="color_header_label" text_active="color_header_label" text_background="transparent"/>
<tab_minimize_button normal="transparent" hover="color_button_hover" active="color_button_active" border_color="" text_normal="color_header_label" text_hover="color_header_label" text_active="color_header_label" />
<node_maximize_button normal="transparent" hover="color_button_hover" active="color_button_active" border_color="" text_normal="color_text" text_hover="color_text" text_active="color_text" />
<node_minimize_button normal="transparent" hover="color_button_hover" active="color_button_active" border_color="" text_normal="color_text" text_hover="color_text" text_active="color_text" />
</tab>
<window fixed_background="color_window" background="color_header" border_color="color_border" popup_border_color="color_border" combo_border_color="color_border" contextual_border_color="color_border" menu_border_color="color_border" group_border_color="color_border" tooltip_border_color="color_border" scaler="" border="2" combo_border="" contextual_border="" menu_border="0" group_border="" tooltip_border="" popup_border="" min_row_height_padding="" rounding="5" spacing_vec2="2,2" scrollbar_size="16,16" min_size="" padding="2,2" group_padding="" popup_padding="" combo_padding="" contextual_padding="" menu_padding="0,0" tooltip_padding="">
<header normal="color_header" hover="color_header" active="color_header" close_symbol="symbol_x" minimize_symbol="symbol_triangle_down" maximize_symbol="symbol_triangle_up" label_normal="color_header_label" label_hover="color_header_label" label_active="color_header_label" align="header_left" padding="" label_padding="" spacing="">
<minimize_button normal="transparent" hover="transparent" active="transparent" text_normal="color_text" text_hover="color_text" text_active="color_text" text_background="transparent" padding="5,7" />
<close_button normal="transparent" hover="transparent" active="transparent" text_normal="color_text" text_hover="color_text" text_active="color_text" text_background="transparent" padding="3,3"/>
</header>
</window>
</style>
<blueprints>
</blueprints>
</skin>