#220 – Using the Predefined Colors

The Colors class, in the System.Windows.Media namespace, includes a large set of static properties representing a set of predefined colors.  Each property has a name representing the color, e.g. “Blue”, and is stored internally as a standard WPF Color structure.

The example below shows two different ways of using the predefined colors.  You can use a color name in XAML wherever either a color or a brush is expected.  The name of the color in XAML is converted to a Color value by mapping the name of the color to one of the properties in the Colors class.

        <Button Content="Hello" Background="Purple" />
		<Button Content="Again">
			<Button.Background>
				<SolidColorBrush Color="Blue"/>
			</Button.Background>
		</Button>

Below is an image showing the full list of predefined colors.  (Click on the image to see it full size).