How can I bind a background color in WPF/XAML?

Question

What do I have to change to the following code so that the background is red, neither of the 2 ways I tried worked:

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Answer 1

I recommend reading the following blog post about debugging data binding: http://beacosta.com/blog/?p=52

And for this concrete issue: If you look at the compiler warnings, you will notice that you property has been hiding the Window.Background property (or Control or whatever class the property defines).