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Using a Brush to Fill Shapes

A GDI+ Brush object is used to fill the interior of a closed shape. GDI+ defines several fill styles: solid color, hatch pattern, image texture, and color gradient.

How to: Fill a Shape with a Solid Color

Describes how to use a solid-color brush to fill shapes.

How to: Fill a Shape with a Hatch Pattern

Shows how to use a hatch brush to fill shapes.

How to: Fill a Shape with an Image Texture

Explains how to use a texture brush to fill shapes.

How to: Tile a Shape with an Image

Describes how to tile an image in a shape.

System.Drawing::Brush

Describes this class and contains links to all of its members

System.Drawing::SolidBrush

Describes this class and contains links to all of its members

System.Drawing::TextureBrush

Describes this class and contains links to all of its members.

System.Drawing.Drawing2D::HatchBrush

Describes this class and contains links to all of its members.

System.Drawing.Drawing2D::PathGradientBrush

Describes this class and contains links to all of its members.

Using a Gradient Brush to Fill Shapes

Contains a list of topics that show how to use a gradient brush.

Using a Pen to Draw Lines and Shapes

Provides a list of topics that demonstrate how to draw outlined shapes.

Using Managed Graphics Classes

Contains a list of topics describing how to use managed graphics classes.

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