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How can I convert between these two color types?

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You can see examples of both of the conversion directions below:

Drawing.Color to Windows.Media.Color

// This is your color to convert from System.Drawing.Color color; System.Windows.Media.Color newColor = System.Windows.Media.Color.FromArgb(color.A, color.R, color.G, color.B);

Windows.Media.Color to Drawing.Color

// This is your color to convert from System.Windows.Media.Color color; System.Drawing.Color newColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(color.A, color.R, color.G, color.B);
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For frequent use i suggest helper like this:

using SDColor = System.Drawing.Color; using SWMColor = System.Windows.Media.Color; namespace ColorHelper { public static class ColorExt { public static SWMColor ToSWMColor(this SDColor color) => SWMColor.FromArgb(color.A, color.R, color.G, color.B); public static SDColor ToSDColor(this SWMColor color) => SDColor.FromArgb(color.A, color.R, color.G, color.B); } }
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... or use @Rion Williams answer as an extension:

public static System.Windows.Media.Brush ToBrush(this System.Drawing.Color color) { return new System.Windows.Media.SolidColorBrush(System.Windows.Media.Color.FromArgb(color.A, color.R, color.G, color.B)); }
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This is what I use:

using System.Runtime.CompilerServices; using System.Windows.Media; namespace HQ.Wpf.Util { public static class ColorExtension { /// <summary> /// Convert Media Color (WPF) to Drawing Color (WinForm) /// </summary> /// <param name="mediaColor"></param> /// <returns></returns> [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)] public static System.Drawing.Color ToDrawingColor(this System.Windows.Media.Color mediaColor) { return System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(mediaColor.A, mediaColor.R, mediaColor.G, mediaColor.B); } /// <summary> /// Convert Drawing Color (WPF) to Media Color (WinForm) /// </summary> /// <param name="drawingColor"></param> /// <returns></returns> [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)] public static System.Windows.Media.Color ToMediaColor(this System.Drawing.Color drawingColor) { return System.Windows.Media.Color.FromArgb(drawingColor.A, drawingColor.R, drawingColor.G, drawingColor.B); }
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