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The following table lists all Win32 System Colors and the corresponding name in System.Drawing.SystemColors type:

GetSysColor(n) SystemColors.
COLOR_ACTIVEBORDER ActiveBorder
COLOR_ACTIVECAPTION ActiveCaption
COLOR_CAPTIONTEXT ActiveCaptionText
COLOR_APPWORKSPACE AppWorkspace
COLOR_3DFACE Control
COLOR_3DSHADOW ControlDark
COLOR_3DDKSHADOW ControlDarkDark
COLOR_3DLIGHT ControlLight
COLOR_3DHIGHLIGHT ControlLightLight
COLOR_BTNTEXT ControlText
COLOR_DESKTOP Desktop
COLOR_GRAYTEXT GrayText
COLOR_HIGHLIGHT Highlight
COLOR_HIGHLIGHTTEXT HighlightText
COLOR_HIGHLIGHT HotTrack
COLOR_INACTIVEBORDER InactiveBorder
COLOR_INACTIVECAPTION InactiveCaption
COLOR_INACTIVECAPTIONTEXT InactiveCaptionText
COLOR_INFOBK Info
COLOR_INFOTEXT InfoText
COLOR_MENU Menu
COLOR_MENUTEXT MenuText
COLOR_SCROLLBAR ScrollBar
COLOR_WINDOW Window
COLOR_WINDOWFRAME WindowFrame
COLOR_WINDOWTEXT WindowText
COLOR_3DHILIGHT ControlLightLight
COLOR_BTNHIGHLIGHT ControlLightLight
COLOR_BTNHILIGHT ControlLightLight
COLOR_BACKGROUND Desktop
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You can mix GDI and GDI+ drawing operations in the same code path. The article INFO: Interoperability Between GDI and GDI+ (Q311221) discusses some caveats to keep in mind when you are writing code that allows GDI and GDI+ to interoperate.

See also the FAQ ‘How to create my own hatch styles for brushes’ for an example how to use GDI bitmaps with GDI+.

The most prominent functions for mixing GDI and GDI+ are the GetHdc and ReleaseHdc methods of the Graphics class.

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GDI+ text layout is resolution independent, and forms built with GDI+ text look the same at all resolutions and when printed. The GDI+ APIs DrawString and MeasureString lay out text independent of device resolution, so a paragraph of text takes the same number of lines, no matter what the display device.

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