Color::FromName Method
Creates a Color structure from the specified name of a predefined color.
Assembly: System.Drawing (in System.Drawing.dll)
Parameters
- name
- Type: System::String
A string that is the name of a predefined color. Valid names are the same as the names of the elements of the KnownColor enumeration.
A predefined color is also called a known color and is represented by an element of the KnownColor enumeration. If the name parameter is not the valid name of a predefined color, the FromName method creates a Color structure that has an ARGB value of 0 (that is, all ARGB components are 0).
The following code example demonstrates the A, R, G, B, and FromName members 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.
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) ); }
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