How to generate random color names in C#

Question

I need to generate random color names e.g. "Red", "White" etc. How can I do it? I am able to generate random color like this:

Random randonGen = new Random(); Color randomColor = Color.FromArgb(randonGen.Next(255), randonGen.Next(255),  randonGen.Next(255)); 

but I need the names and not all colors generated like this have a known name.

Thanks

Answer 1

Use Enum.GetValue to retrieve the values of the KnownColor enumeration and get a random value:

Random randomGen = new Random(); KnownColor[] names = (KnownColor[]) Enum.GetValues(typeof(KnownColor)); KnownColor randomColorName = names[randomGen.Next(names.Length)]; Color randomColor = Color.FromKnownColor(randomColorName); 

Answer 2

Take a random value and get from KnownColor enum.

May be by this way:

System.Array colorsArray = Enum.GetValues(typeof(KnownColor)); KnownColor[] allColors = new KnownColor[colorsArray.Length];  Array.Copy(colorsArray, allColors, colorsArray.Length); // get a randon position from the allColors and print its name.