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Asked: 2026-05-26T07:23:31+00:00

I have a control that doesn’t have Disabled/Enabled support for text, so I need

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I have a control that doesn’t have Disabled/Enabled support for text, so I need to build that into it.

The question is simply this: If I want to pick the right system color so that this control has the same color of its disabled text as neighboring disabled labels, which system color should I pick? I’ve tried a few and none seem right, they’re either a bit too light or a bit too dark.

In other words, suppose the ForeColor property is present, what should I write here:

myDefunctLabel.ForeColor = SystemColors.???;
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  1. Editorial Team

    SystemColors.ControlDark looks good on my screen. And this is from actually trying them. I tried most of the others and the shade is wrong.

    But according to the docs, GrayText is the one you need. Bear in mind I tried my sample on Windows 7 with Aero enabled, not sure if screen themes plays silly with the colouring here.

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