convert from Color to brush

Question

How do I convert a Color to a Brush in C#?

Answer 1

If you happen to be working with a application which has a mix of Windows Forms and WPF you might have the additional complication of trying to convert a System.Drawing.Color to a System.Windows.Media.Color. I'm not sure if there is an easier way to do this, but I did it this way:

System.Drawing.Color MyColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red;
System.Windows.Media.Color = ConvertColorType(MyColor);

System.Windows.Media.Color ConvertColorType(System.Drawing.Color color)
{
  byte AVal = color.A;
  byte RVal = color.R;
  byte GVal = color.G;
  byte BVal = color.B;

  return System.Media.Color.FromArgb(AVal, RVal, GVal, BVal);
}

Then you can use one of the techniques mentioned previously to convert to a Brush.

Answer 2

you can use this:

new SolidBrush(color)

where color is something like this:

Color.Red

or

Color.FromArgb(36,97,121))

or ...

Answer 3

Brush brush = new SolidColorBrush(color);

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The other way around:

if (brush is SolidColorBrush colorBrush)
    Color color = colorBrush.Color;

Or something like that.

Point being not all brushes are colors but you could turn all colors into a (SolidColor)Brush.

Answer 4

SolidColorBrush brush = new SolidColorBrush( Color.FromArgb(255,255,139,0) )

Answer 5

This is for Color to Brush....

you can't convert it, you have to make a new brush....

SolidColorBrush brush = new SolidColorBrush( myColor );

now, if you need it in XAML, you COULD make a custom value converter and use that in a binding

Answer 6

It's often sufficient to use sibling's or parent's brush for the purpose, and that's easily available in wpf via retrieving their Foreground or Background property.

ref: Control.Background