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Descriptions for WPF's system colors
Name Description
ActiveBorder Color of the active window's border
ActiveCaption Background color of the active window's title bar
ActiveCaptionText Color of the text in the active window's title bar
AppWorkspace Color of the application workspace
Control Face color of a three-dimensional display element
ControlDark Shadow color of a three-dimensional display element
ControlDarkDark Dark shadow color of a three-dimensional display element
ControlLight Light color of a three-dimensional display element
ControlLightLight Highlight color of a three-dimensional display element
ControlText Color of text in a three-dimensional display element
Desktop Color of the desktop
GradientActiveCaption Right side color in the gradient of an active window's title bar
GradientInactiveCaption Right side color in the gradient of an inactive window's title bar
GrayText Color of disabled text
Highlight Background color of selected items
HighlightText Color of the text of selected items
HotTrack Color used to designate a hot-tracked item
InactiveBorder Color of an inactive window's border
InactiveCaption Background color of an inactive window's title bar
InactiveCaptionText Color of the text of an inactive window's title bar
Info Background color for the ToolTip control
InfoText Text color for the ToolTip control
MenuBar Background color for a menu bar
Menu Color of a menu's background
MenuHighlight Color used to highlight a menu item
MenuText Color of a menu's text
ScrollBar Background color of a scroll bar
Window Background color in the client area of a window
WindowFrame Color of a window frame
WindowText Color of the text in the client area of a window
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