Difference between solidcolorbrush and brush

Question

What is the the differnce between solidcolorbrush and brush, In WPF (C#).

SolidColorBrush br = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Red);

and

Brush br = Brushes.Red;

Answer 1

To answer your question No difference.

Brushes.Red returns SolidColorBrush only. Its definition is like:

public static SolidColorBrush Red { get; }

You can assume its default template which Microsoft provides you for basic colors.

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Use SolidColorBrush constructor in case you want to provide your own custom A,R,G,B values for color.

This will get you actual Red color:

SolidColorBrush anotherBrush = 
                     new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 0, 0));

This will get you Red color with G component set to 100 byte and B component set to 50 byte.

SolidColorBrush anotherBrush = 
                     new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 100, 50));