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A Property
AliceBlue Property
AntiqueWhite Property
Aqua Property
Aquamarine Property
Azure Property
B Property
Beige Property
Bisque Property
Black Property
BlanchedAlmond Property
Blue Property
BlueViolet Property
Brown Property
BurlyWood Property
CadetBlue Property
Chartreuse Property
Chocolate Property
Coral Property
CornflowerBlue Property
Cornsilk Property
Crimson Property
Cyan Property
DarkBlue Property
DarkCyan Property
DarkGoldenrod Property
DarkGray Property
DarkGreen Property
DarkKhaki Property
DarkMagenta Property
DarkOliveGreen Property
DarkOrange Property
DarkOrchid Property
DarkRed Property
DarkSalmon Property
DarkSeaGreen Property
DarkSlateBlue Property
DarkSlateGray Property
DarkTurquoise Property
DarkViolet Property
DeepPink Property
DeepSkyBlue Property
DimGray Property
DodgerBlue Property
Firebrick Property
FloralWhite Property
ForestGreen Property
Fuchsia Property
G Property
Gainsboro Property
GhostWhite Property
Gold Property
Goldenrod Property
Gray Property
Green Property
GreenYellow Property
Honeydew Property
HotPink Property
IndianRed Property
Indigo Property
IsEmpty Property
IsKnownColor Property
IsNamedColor Property
IsSystemColor Property
Ivory Property
Khaki Property
Lavender Property
LavenderBlush Property
LawnGreen Property
LemonChiffon Property
LightBlue Property
LightCoral Property
LightCyan Property
LightGoldenrodYellow Property
LightGray Property
LightGreen Property
LightPink Property
LightSalmon Property
LightSeaGreen Property
LightSkyBlue Property
LightSlateGray Property
LightSteelBlue Property
LightYellow Property
Lime Property
LimeGreen Property
Linen Property
Magenta Property
Maroon Property
MediumAquamarine Property
MediumBlue Property
MediumOrchid Property
MediumPurple Property
MediumSeaGreen Property
MediumSlateBlue Property
MediumSpringGreen Property
MediumTurquoise Property
MediumVioletRed Property
MidnightBlue Property
MintCream Property
MistyRose Property
Moccasin Property
Name Property
NavajoWhite Property
Navy Property
OldLace Property
Olive Property
OliveDrab Property
Orange Property
OrangeRed Property
Orchid Property
PaleGoldenrod Property
PaleGreen Property
PaleTurquoise Property
PaleVioletRed Property
PapayaWhip Property
PeachPuff Property
Peru Property
Pink Property
Plum Property
PowderBlue Property
Purple Property
R Property
Red Property
RosyBrown Property
RoyalBlue Property
SaddleBrown Property
Salmon Property
SandyBrown Property
SeaGreen Property
SeaShell Property
Sienna Property
Silver Property
SkyBlue Property
SlateBlue Property
SlateGray Property
Snow Property
SpringGreen Property
SteelBlue Property
Tan Property
Teal Property
Thistle Property
Tomato Property
Transparent Property
Turquoise Property
Violet Property
Wheat Property
White Property
WhiteSmoke Property
Yellow Property
YellowGreen Property
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Color.Name Property

.NET Framework 4.5

Gets the name of this Color.

Namespace:  System.Drawing
Assembly:  System.Drawing (in System.Drawing.dll)
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public string Name { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.String
The name of this Color.

This method returns either the user-defined name of the color, if the color was created from a name, or the name of the known color. For custom colors, the RGB value is returned.

The following code example demonstrates how to use the Name property. This example is designed to be used with Windows Forms. Paste the code into a form that contains a button named Button2 and associate the Button2_Click method with the button's Click event.

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private void Button2_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{

    Button2.Width = 100;
    Button2.Text = "Color: "+Button2.BackColor.Name;
}

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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