This topic illustrates how to use C1ColorPicker in Windows Forms applications. The steps to set up Visual Studio project and customize the application during runtime are as follows:

1. Create a Windows Forms project and add C1ColorPicker control to the Form.
2. Add a RichTextBox control to the Form. Set the Text property of the RichTextBox to TextColor. 
3. Set the Color property of the C1ColorPicker control to a desired color from the palette. This enables the user to set a particular color as the current color instead of the default Transparent.
4. Add the following code to the C1ColorPicker1_ValueChanged event handler to change the color of the text on color selection:

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   Private Sub C1ColorPicker1_ValueChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles C1ColorPicker1.ValueChanged RichTextBox1.SelectionColor = DirectCast(DirectCast(sender, C1ColorPicker).Value, Color) End Sub

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   private void c1ColorPicker1_ValueChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) { richTextBox1.SelectionColor = (Color)c1ColorPicker1.Value; }

5. Run the application. Now you can select the color from the drop-down of the C1ColorPicker and set the color of the text in the RichTextBox control. The following image shows the output where the text is set as red.