C#: Create a lighter/darker color based on a system color

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How do I adjust the brightness of a color?
How do I determine darker or lighter color variant of a given color?
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Answer 1

I recently blogged about this. The main idea is to apply a given correction factor to each of the color components. The following static method modifies the brightness of a given color with a specified correction factor and produces a darker or a lighter variant of that color:

/// 

/// Creates color with corrected brightness.
/// 
/// Color to correct.
/// The brightness correction factor. Must be between -1 and 1. 
/// Negative values produce darker colors.
/// 
/// Corrected  structure.
/// 
public static Color ChangeColorBrightness(Color color, float correctionFactor)
{
    float red = (float)color.R;
    float green = (float)color.G;
    float blue = (float)color.B;

    if (correctionFactor < 0)
    {
        correctionFactor = 1 + correctionFactor;
        red *= correctionFactor;
        green *= correctionFactor;
        blue *= correctionFactor;
    }
    else
    {
        red = (255 - red) * correctionFactor + red;
        green = (255 - green) * correctionFactor + green;
        blue = (255 - blue) * correctionFactor + blue;
    }

    return Color.FromArgb(color.A, (int)red, (int)green, (int)blue);
}