DrawOptions.Color Property

Gets or sets the series view or series view point color when implementing custom drawing in the chart control.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v18.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public Color Color { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property Color As Color

Property Value

Type	Description
Color	A Color value that represents the color of either the series view or series view point.

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Object Type	Path to Color
CustomDrawSeriesEventArgs	.SeriesDrawOptions.Color
CustomDrawSeriesEventArgsBase	.SeriesDrawOptions.Color
CustomDrawSeriesPointEventArgs	.SeriesDrawOptions.Color

Remarks

Use the Color property to access and modify the color in the ChartControl.CustomDrawSeries or ChartControl.CustomDrawSeriesPoint event handler.

Related GitHub Examples

The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the Color property.

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C#

how-to-display-both-marker-image-and-check-box-element-in-the-legend-panel-t504227/CS/MarkerAndCheckbox/Form1.cs#L48

Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(lmi);
g.FillRectangle(new SolidBrush(e.SeriesDrawOptions.Color), new Rectangle(0, 0, 17, 15));
g.DrawRectangle(new Pen(e.SeriesDrawOptions.Color), new Rectangle(18, 0, 14, 14));

how-to-draw-a-custom-legend-marker-for-a-series-t332672/CS/CustomDrawingSample/Form1.cs#L77

Brush fillBrush = isSelected ?
        (Brush)new HatchBrush(HatchStyle.DarkDownwardDiagonal, e.LegendDrawOptions.Color, e.LegendDrawOptions.ActualColor2) :
        (Brush)new SolidBrush(e.LegendDrawOptions.Color);

how-to-draw-a-custom-legend-marker-for-a-series-point-t332652/CS/CustomSeriesPointDrawingSample/Form1.cs#L75

HatchStyle.DarkDownwardDiagonal,
e.LegendDrawOptions.Color,
e.LegendDrawOptions.ActualColor2) :

how-to-perform-an-action-when-series-points-are-selected-t182608/CS/ChartSelection/Form1.cs#L50

    int colorIndex = (int)e.SeriesPoint.Tag;
    barOptions.Color = paletteEntries[colorIndex].Color;
}

VB.NET

how-to-display-both-marker-image-and-check-box-element-in-the-legend-panel-t504227/VB/MarkerAndCheckbox/Form1.vb#L50

Dim g As Graphics = Graphics.FromImage(lmi)
g.FillRectangle(New SolidBrush(e.SeriesDrawOptions.Color), New Rectangle(0, 0, 17, 15))
g.DrawRectangle(New Pen(e.SeriesDrawOptions.Color), New Rectangle(18, 0, 14, 14))

how-to-perform-an-action-when-series-points-are-selected-t182608/VB/ChartSelection/Form1.vb#L52

    Dim colorIndex As Integer = CInt((e.SeriesPoint.Tag))
    barOptions.Color = paletteEntries(colorIndex).Color
End Sub

how-to-draw-a-custom-legend-marker-for-a-series-t332672/VB/CustomDrawingSample/Form1.vb#L75

Using graphics As Graphics = System.Drawing.Graphics.FromImage(image)
    Dim fillBrush As Brush = If(isSelected, CType(New HatchBrush(HatchStyle.DarkDownwardDiagonal, e.LegendDrawOptions.Color, e.LegendDrawOptions.ActualColor2), Brush), CType(New SolidBrush(e.LegendDrawOptions.Color), Brush))
    graphics.FillRectangle(fillBrush, totalRect)

how-to-draw-a-custom-legend-marker-for-a-series-point-t332652/VB/CustomSeriesPointDrawingSample/Form1.vb#L73

Using graphics As Graphics = System.Drawing.Graphics.FromImage(image)
    Dim fillBrush As Brush = If(isSelected, CType(New HatchBrush(HatchStyle.DarkDownwardDiagonal, e.LegendDrawOptions.Color, e.LegendDrawOptions.ActualColor2), Brush), CType(New SolidBrush(e.LegendDrawOptions.Color), Brush))
    graphics.FillRectangle(fillBrush, totalRect)