Updated: October 2008
Represents an ARGB (alpha, red, green, blue) color.
Namespace:
System.Drawing
Assembly:
System.Drawing (in System.Drawing.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
<SerializableAttribute> _
<TypeConverterAttribute(GetType(ColorConverter))> _
Public Structure Color
[SerializableAttribute]
[TypeConverterAttribute(typeof(ColorConverter))]
public struct Color
[SerializableAttribute]
[TypeConverterAttribute(typeof(ColorConverter))]
public value class Color
JScript supports the use of structures, but not the declaration of new ones.
Named colors are represented by using the properties of the Color structure. For more information about these colors, see Colors by Name in the MSDN Library. To determine the alpha, red, green, or blue component of a color, use the A, R, G, or B property, respectively.
You can create a custom color by using one of the FromArgb methods.
The following code example demonstrates the A, R, G, and B properties of a Color, and the Implicit member.
This example is designed to be used with a Windows Form. Paste the code into the form and call the ShowPropertiesOfSlateBlue method from the form's Paint event-handling method, passing e as PaintEventArgs.
Private Sub ShowPropertiesOfSlateBlue(ByVal e As PaintEventArgs)
Dim slateBlue As Color = Color.FromName("SlateBlue")
Dim g As Byte = slateBlue.G
Dim b As Byte = slateBlue.B
Dim r As Byte = slateBlue.R
Dim a As Byte = slateBlue.A
Dim text As String = _
String.Format("Slate Blue has these ARGB values: Alpha:{0}, " _
& "red:{1}, green: {2}, blue {3}", New Object() {a, r, g, b})
e.Graphics.DrawString(text, New Font(Me.Font, FontStyle.Italic), _
New SolidBrush(slateBlue), _
New RectangleF(New PointF(0.0F, 0.0F), _
Size.op_Implicit(Me.Size)))
End Sub
private void ShowPropertiesOfSlateBlue(PaintEventArgs e)
{
Color slateBlue = Color.FromName("SlateBlue");
byte g = slateBlue.G;
byte b = slateBlue.B;
byte r = slateBlue.R;
byte a = slateBlue.A;
string text = String.Format("Slate Blue has these ARGB values: Alpha:{0}, " +
"red:{1}, green: {2}, blue {3}", new object[]{a, r, g, b});
e.Graphics.DrawString(text,
new Font(this.Font, FontStyle.Italic),
new SolidBrush(slateBlue),
new RectangleF(new PointF(0.0F, 0.0F), this.Size));
}
void ShowPropertiesOfSlateBlue( PaintEventArgs^ e )
{
Color slateBlue = Color::FromName( "SlateBlue" );
Byte g = slateBlue.G;
Byte b = slateBlue.B;
Byte r = slateBlue.R;
Byte a = slateBlue.A;
array<Object^>^temp0 = {a,r,g,b};
String^ text = String::Format( "Slate Blue has these ARGB values: Alpha:{0}, "
"red:{1}, green: {2}, blue {3}", temp0 );
e->Graphics->DrawString( text, gcnew System::Drawing::Font( this->Font,FontStyle::Italic ), gcnew SolidBrush( slateBlue ), RectangleF(PointF(0.0F,0.0F),this->Size) );
}
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
.NET Compact Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
Reference
Other Resources
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October 2008
| Added hexadecimal values and color table links to properties. |
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