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TK.
TK.

Reputation: 47873

Drawing a line with a gradient color

Is it possible to draw a line using a graduated colour?

I want to be able to draw a straight or a curved line (if possible) where at one end of the line is Blue and the other end is Red.

Further There might be a need to have more than one gradient per-line e.g the colour going from Blue -> Green -> Red. I am thinking that this might just consist of multiple gradient lines drawn together.

Upvotes: 9

Views: 18675

Answers (2)

Mitch Wheat
Mitch Wheat

Reputation: 300549

protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)
{
    base.OnPaint(e);

    Graphics graphicsObject = e.Graphics;

    using (Brush aGradientBrush = new LinearGradientBrush(new Point(0, 0), new Point(50, 0), Color.Blue, Color.Red))
    {
        using (Pen aGradientPen = new Pen(aGradientBrush))
        {
            graphicsObject.DrawLine(aGradientPen, new Point(0, 10), new Point(100, 10));
        }
    }
}

Upvotes: 14

lubos hasko
lubos hasko

Reputation: 25052

you will need to use System.Drawing.Drawing2D.LinearGradientBrush instead of System.Drawing.SolidBrush

example:

e.Graphics.DrawLine(new Pen(new System.Drawing.Drawing2D.LinearGradientBrush(...

Upvotes: 5

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