Button background colour

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I need to change the `background` colour of a button using C# code (Visual Studio 2008). I saw some people recommending the inclusion of a directive: `using System.Windows.Media`; - I tried it and it triggered this error: Windows does not exist in `namespace System`. I tried several combinations like: ``` btn.BackColor = Color.Red; btn.Background = Brushes.Green; ``` And neither is working. Is a special directive needed for using colour? What code do you suggest. Thanks a lot.

Accepted Answer

This should change your button background color to Red

```
yourButtonName.BackColor = Color.Red;
```

You need to include System.Drawing namespace as Color class belongs to that. Like this

```
using System.Drawing;
```

And ofcourse you need to add the reference to `System.Drawing` DLL in your project to use this namespace and Color class.

Button background colour

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