Public Shared Function FromName ( _
    name As String _
) As Color

Dim name As String
Dim returnValue As Color

returnValue = Color.FromName(name)

public static Color FromName (
    string name
)

public:
static Color FromName (
    String^ name
)

public static Color FromName (
    String name
)

public static function FromName (
    name : String
) : Color

Private Sub ShowPropertiesOfSlateBlue(ByVal e As PaintEventArgs)
    Dim slateBlue As Color = Color.FromName("SlateBlue")
    Dim g As Byte = slateBlue.G
    Dim b As Byte = slateBlue.B
    Dim r As Byte = slateBlue.R
    Dim a As Byte = slateBlue.A
    Dim text As String = _
    String.Format("Slate Blue has these ARGB values: Alpha:{0}, " _
       & "red:{1}, green: {2}, blue {3}", New Object() {a, r, g, b})
    e.Graphics.DrawString(text, New Font(Me.Font, FontStyle.Italic), _
        New SolidBrush(slateBlue), _
        New RectangleF(New PointF(0.0F, 0.0F), _
        Size.op_Implicit(Me.Size)))
End Sub

private void ShowPropertiesOfSlateBlue(PaintEventArgs e)
{
    Color slateBlue = Color.FromName("SlateBlue");
    byte g = slateBlue.G;
    byte b = slateBlue.B;
    byte r = slateBlue.R;
    byte a = slateBlue.A;
    string text = String.Format("Slate Blue has these ARGB values: Alpha:{0}, " +
        "red:{1}, green: {2}, blue {3}", new object[]{a, r, g, b});
    e.Graphics.DrawString(text, 
        new Font(this.Font, FontStyle.Italic), 
        new SolidBrush(slateBlue), 
        new RectangleF(new PointF(0.0F, 0.0F), this.Size));
}

void ShowPropertiesOfSlateBlue( PaintEventArgs^ e )
{
   Color slateBlue = Color::FromName( "SlateBlue" );
   Byte g = slateBlue.G;
   Byte b = slateBlue.B;
   Byte r = slateBlue.R;
   Byte a = slateBlue.A;
   array<Object^>^temp0 = {a,r,g,b};
   String^ text = String::Format( "Slate Blue has these ARGB values: Alpha:{0}, "
   "red:{1}, green: {2}, blue {3}", temp0 );
   e->Graphics->DrawString( text, gcnew System::Drawing::Font( this->Font,FontStyle::Italic ), gcnew SolidBrush( slateBlue ), RectangleF(PointF(0.0F,0.0F),this->Size) );
}

private void ShowPropertiesOfSlateBlue(PaintEventArgs e)
{
    Color slateBlue = Color.FromName("SlateBlue");
    ubyte g = slateBlue.get_G();
    ubyte b = slateBlue.get_B();
    ubyte r = slateBlue.get_R();
    ubyte a = slateBlue.get_A();
    String text = String.Format(
        "Slate Blue has these ARGB values: Alpha:{0}, "  
        + "red:{1}, green: {2}, blue {3}", 
        new Object[] { (UInt16)a, (UInt16)r, (UInt16)g, (UInt16)b });

    e.get_Graphics().DrawString(text, 
        new Font(this.get_Font(), FontStyle.Italic), 
        new SolidBrush(slateBlue), 
        new RectangleF(new PointF(0, 0), 
        Size.op_Implicit(this.get_Size())));
} //ShowPropertiesOfSlateBlue