DrawOptions.ActualColor2 Property

Gets the actual second color of a series or its point, when implementing custom drawing in the chart control.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public Color ActualColor2 { get; }

VB.NET

Public ReadOnly Property ActualColor2 As Color

Property Value

Type	Description
Color	A Color value that represents the actual second color of a series or its point.

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Object Type	Path to ActualColor2
CustomDrawSeriesEventArgsBase	.LegendDrawOptions .ActualColor2
CustomDrawSeriesEventArgsBase	.SeriesDrawOptions .ActualColor2

Remarks

Use the ActualColor2 property to obtain the actual second color (used for hatch and gradient FillModes) in the ChartControl.CustomDrawSeries or ChartControl.CustomDrawSeriesPoint event handler.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-chart-draw-a-custom-legend-marker-for-a-series-point/CS/CustomSeriesPointDrawingSample/Form1.cs#L75

                        e.LegendDrawOptions.Color,
                        e.LegendDrawOptions.ActualColor2)
: (DXBrush)new DXSolidBrush(e.LegendDrawOptions.Color)) {

winforms-chart-draw-a-custom-legend-marker-for-a-series/CS/CustomDrawingSample/Form1.cs#L79

                        e.LegendDrawOptions.Color,
                        e.LegendDrawOptions.ActualColor2)
: (DXBrush)new DXSolidBrush(e.LegendDrawOptions.Color)) {

VB.NET

winforms-chart-draw-a-custom-legend-marker-for-a-series-point/VB/CustomSeriesPointDrawingSample/Form1.vb#L79

Using graphics As DevExpress.Drawing.DXGraphics = DevExpress.Drawing.DXGraphics.FromImage(image)
    Using fillBrush = If(isSelected, CType(New DevExpress.Drawing.DXHatchBrush(DevExpress.Drawing.DXHatchStyle.DarkDownwardDiagonal, e.LegendDrawOptions.Color, e.LegendDrawOptions.ActualColor2), DevExpress.Drawing.DXBrush), CType(New DevExpress.Drawing.DXSolidBrush(e.LegendDrawOptions.Color), DevExpress.Drawing.DXBrush))
        graphics.FillRectangle(fillBrush, CustomSeriesPointDrawingSample.Form1.totalRect)

winforms-chart-draw-a-custom-legend-marker-for-a-series/VB/CustomDrawingSample/Form1.vb#L80

Using graphics As DXGraphics = DXGraphics.FromImage(image)
    Using fillBrush = If(isSelected, CType(New DXHatchBrush(DXHatchStyle.DarkDownwardDiagonal, e.LegendDrawOptions.Color, e.LegendDrawOptions.ActualColor2), DXBrush), CType(New DXSolidBrush(e.LegendDrawOptions.Color), DXBrush))
        graphics.FillRectangle(fillBrush, totalRect)