Using a Brush to Fill Shapes

A GDI+ Brush object is used to fill the interior of a closed shape. GDI+ defines several fill styles: solid color, hatch pattern, image texture, and color gradient.

In This Section

• How to: Fill a Shape with a Solid Color
  Describes how to use a solid-color brush to fill shapes.

• How to: Fill a Shape with a Hatch Pattern
  Shows how to use a hatch brush to fill shapes.

• How to: Fill a Shape with an Image Texture
  Explains how to use a texture brush to fill shapes.

• How to: Tile a Shape with an Image
  Describes how to tile an image in a shape.

Reference

• System.Drawing.Brush
  Describes this class and contains links to all of its members

• System.Drawing.SolidBrush
  Describes this class and contains links to all of its members

• System.Drawing.TextureBrush
  Describes this class and contains links to all of its members.

• System.Drawing.Drawing2D.HatchBrush
  Describes this class and contains links to all of its members.

• System.Drawing.Drawing2D.PathGradientBrush
  Describes this class and contains links to all of its members.

Related Sections

• Using a Gradient Brush to Fill Shapes
  Contains a list of topics that show how to use a gradient brush.

• Using a Pen to Draw Lines and Shapes
  Provides a list of topics that demonstrate how to draw outlined shapes.

• Using Managed Graphics Classes
  Contains a list of topics describing how to use managed graphics classes.