Windows Forms Programming in C#

Brushes

The System.Drawing.Brush class serves as a base class for several kinds of brushes, depending on your needs. Figure 4.3 shows the five derived brush classes provided in the System.Drawing and System.Drawing.Drawing2D namespaces.

Figure 4.3. Sample Brushes

Figure 4.3 was created with the following code:

void BrushesForm_Paint(object sender, PaintEventArgs e) {
  Graphics g = e.Graphics;
  int x = 0;
  int y = 0;
  int width = this.ClientRectangle.Width;
  int height = this.ClientRectangle.Height/5;
  Brush whiteBrush = System.Drawing.Brushes.White;
  Brush blackBrush = System.Drawing.Brushes.Black;

  using( Brush brush = new SolidBrush(Color.DarkBlue) ...