The Windows operating system uses a standard set of colors throughout various parts of the OS. These standard colors are availablein the System ColorsClass available in Windows Presentation Format.
- [Instructor] In the Microsoft Windows operating systems…there's a standard set of colors that are used…throughout the operating system…and are used to draw certain parts…of the windows that the user sees.…So if you want parts of your application…to be consistent with the same colors…that are used inside the operating system,…you can use a set of pre-defined system colors in WPF.…Here's how that works.…Hold down the spacebar and move this over a bit.…Selected my ellipse, I want to fill this ellipse…with a solider color brush.…So I go to Properties, go to Brush,…click on the Fill property, click on Solid Color Brush.…
Now I want to set the color of that brush…based on the system color.…So go look at the Color Resources tab,…and you'll see that I have my three…local resources that I've defined here,…and below that is a set of standard colors.…So if you want your application to match…the Gradient Active Caption Color Key, use this item.…I'll choose the Desktop Color Key.…And then I'll go over to the rectangle,…and I'll do a similar action.…
Author
Walt Ritscher
Released
1/19/2017- Working with brushes
- Painting properties
- Painting in code
- Working with RGB channels
- Using hexadecimal values
- Setting opacity and transparency
- Editing color in the Visual Studio Color Editor
- Using gradient brushes
- Decorating with tiled brushes
- Adding brushes and colors to resources
- Working with opacity masks
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 2s
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Use the exercise files1m 27s
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1. Brush and Color Overview
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Overview of the brushes5m 58s
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Examples of the brushes4m 25s
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The Brush type converter4m 22s
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2. Colors
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Color and colorspaces3m 45s
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Work with RGB channels5m 38s
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Use hexadecimal color values5m 13s
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Opacity and transparency3m 29s
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sRGB colorspace3m 7s
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Use WPF preset colors7m 2s
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3. The Visual Studio Color Editor
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Basics4m 32s
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Use the Eyedropper1m 45s
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4. The Gradient Brushes
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Why use gradients in the UI3m 47s
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Transform gradients4m 43s
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5. The Tiled Brushes
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6. Brushes and Colors in Resources
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Add colors to XAML resources6m 41s
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Use system color resources3m 16s
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7. Opacity Mask
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Examples of opacity patterns6m 47s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 11s
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