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title: "HatchBrush..::.BackgroundColor Property "
canonical: https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/P_Aurigma_GraphicsMill_Drawing_HatchBrush_BackgroundColor.htm
product: "Graphics Mill 5.5 for .NET"
---

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# HatchBrush.BackgroundColor Property 
 
Gets/sets background color for the hatch brush.
 
**Namespace:** [Aurigma.GraphicsMill.Drawing](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/N_Aurigma_GraphicsMill_Drawing.htm.md)
 **Assembly:** Aurigma.GraphicsMill (in Aurigma.GraphicsMill.dll)
 
## Syntax
  
```
Public Property BackgroundColor As RgbColor
```
 
```csharp
public RgbColor BackgroundColor { get; set; }
```
 
### Property Value
 [RgbColor](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/T_Aurigma_GraphicsMill_RgbColor.htm.md) value specifying background color of the hatch brush.
 
## Remarks
 This value is used only if [TransparentBackground](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/P_Aurigma_GraphicsMill_Drawing_HatchBrush_TransparentBackground.htm.md) property is set to **false**. 
Classic GDI does not handle transparency, so it makes no sense to specify alpha channel for this color.

**Note**
For the same reason it is not recommended to draw with GDI on the images with 32-bit ARGB pixel format. It will fill alpha channel (which is treated with GDI as meaningless) with zeros.

Default value is white color.
   
## See Also

### Reference

- [HatchBrush Class](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/T_Aurigma_GraphicsMill_Drawing_HatchBrush.htm.md)
- [Aurigma.GraphicsMill.Drawing Namespace](https://www.graphicsmill.com/docs/gm5/N_Aurigma_GraphicsMill_Drawing.htm.md)