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 changed Pavel Vladov function to modify even RGB component, to get shades on any combination of R/G/B directions:

Public Function ChangeColorShades(color As Color, correctionFactor As Single, bR As Boolean, bG As Boolean, bB As Boolean) As Color


    Dim red As Single = CSng(color.R)
    Dim green As Single = CSng(color.G)
    Dim blue As Single = CSng(color.B)

    If (correctionFactor < 0) Then

        correctionFactor = 1 + correctionFactor
        If bR Then
            red *= correctionFactor
        End If
        If bG Then
            green *= correctionFactor
        End If
        If bB Then
            blue *= correctionFactor
        End If


    Else
        If bR Then
            red = (255 - red) * correctionFactor + red
        End If
        If bG Then
            green = (255 - green) * correctionFactor + green
        End If
        If bB Then
            blue = (255 - blue) * correctionFactor + blue
        End If

    End If

    Return color.FromArgb(color.A, CInt(red), CInt(green), CInt(blue))
End Function