Question

I want to set the color of my control using a string variable with a value of say “Blue”.
Normally you would set it:

Label1.Color = Color.Blue;

But now I want to replace Color.Blue with the value that is in my string variable, like:

Label1.Color = sColor; // sColor = “Blue”

But I get the error: Cannot convert type ‘string’ to “System.Drawing.Color”

Any help appreciated.

Answer 1

Use the Color.FromName function to pass in a string:

Color slateBlue = Color.FromName("SlateBlue");