Difference between Color and SolidColorBrush clarification
colors, graphics, silverlight, wpf, xaml
Solution
From the Remarks section in Brush:
A Brush "paints" or "fills" an area with its output. Different brushes have different types of output. Some brushes paint an area with a solid color, others with a gradient, pattern, image, or drawing. The following list describes the different types of WPF brushes:
•SolidColorBrush: Paints an area with a solid Color.
•LinearGradientBrush: Paints an area with a linear gradient.
•RadialGradientBrush: Paints an area with a radial gradient.
•ImageBrush: Paints an area with an image (represented by an ImageSource object).
•DrawingBrush: Paints an area with a Drawing. The drawing may include vector and bitmap objects.
•VisualBrush: Paints an area with a Visual object. A VisualBrush enables you to duplicate content from one portion of your application into another area; it's very useful for creating reflection effects and magnifying portions of the screen.
Problem
Ok this has been bugging me and I haven't really found any kind of definitive answer as the the reason/cause of the difference between `Color` & `SolidColorBrush` so I'm wondering if someone can educate me on this. I already know the differences in usage, like for example I can use a `SolidColorBrush` in a dependency like if I say; ``` <SolidColorBrush x:Key="BlahBrush" Color="#FFFFFFFF"/> <Border Background="{StaticResource BlahBrush}"/> ``` but then say I throw the same resource in an `EasingColorKeyFrame` kind of like; ``` <EasingColorKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{StaticResource BlahBrush}" /> ``` then it's going to puke at me about it being a SolidColorBrush....except then I can get around that by just declaring it via a resource chain back to a `Color` kind of like; ``` <Color x:Key="OriginalBlahBrush">#FFFFFFFF</Color> <SolidColorBrush x:Key="BlahBrush" Color="{StaticResource OriginalBlahBrush}"/> ``` and it will be just fine....but then again I could just utilize the `Color` property alone of the `SolidColorBrush` and can get the same behavior without being separated kind of like; ``` <SolidColorBrush> <SolidColorBrush.Color> <Color A="255" R="0" G="0" B="255" /> </SolidColorBrush.Color> </SolidColorBrush> ``` So I guess my question is, what is the inherent difference between the Colors and SolidColorBrush class's and the reason for their weird quirks in usage? aka I guess what's the reason for System.Windows.Media.Colors vs System.Windows.Media.SolidColorBrush if they're both just giving a solid damn color?? Inquiring minds want to know! :)