# Color Properties

## Content

The following properties let you customize the colors to use in the control itself:

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> **Note**: Dependency properties are external links.

| Property (WPF) | Property (Silverlight) | Description |
| -------------- | ---------------------- | ----------- |
| @cols=2:[Background](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms592510) (external dependency) | Gets or sets a brush that describes the background of a control. This is a dependency property. |
| [ButtonBackground](/componentone/api/wpf/online-tilesview/dotnet-framework-api/C1.WPF.TileView.4.6.2/C1.WPF.TileView.C1TileView.ButtonBackground.html) | **ButtonBackground** | Gets or sets the **Brush** assigned to the Background of the buttons inside the control. |
| [ButtonForeground](/componentone/api/wpf/online-tilesview/dotnet-framework-api/C1.WPF.TileView.4.6.2/C1.WPF.TileView.C1TileView.ButtonForeground.html) | **ButtonForeground** | Gets or sets the **Brush** assigned to the Foreground of the buttons inside the control. |
| [FocusBrush](/componentone/api/wpf/online-tilesview/dotnet-framework-api/C1.WPF.TileView.4.6.2/C1.WPF.TileView.C1TileView.FocusBrush.html) | **FocusBrush** | Gets or sets the **Brush** to use to highlight the control when it has focus. |
| @cols=2:[Foreground](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms592518) (external dependency) | Gets or sets the **Brush** to use for the foreground color. This is a dependency property. |
| [HeaderForeground](/componentone/api/wpf/online-tilesview/dotnet-framework-api/C1.WPF.TileView.4.6.2/C1.WPF.TileView.C1TileView.HeaderForeground.html) | **HeaderForeground** | Gets or sets the **Brush** to use as the foreground of the header of [C1TileViewItem](/componentone/api/wpf/online-tilesview/dotnet-framework-api/C1.WPF.TileView.4.6.2/C1.WPF.TileView.C1TileViewItem.html) objects inside the control. |
| [ItemBackground](/componentone/api/wpf/online-tilesview/dotnet-framework-api/C1.WPF.TileView.4.6.2/C1.WPF.TileView.C1TileView.ItemBackground.html) | **ItemBackground** | Gets or sets the **Brush** to use as the background of the C1TileViewItem objects inside the control. |
| [ItemForeground](/componentone/api/wpf/online-tilesview/dotnet-framework-api/C1.WPF.TileView.4.6.2/C1.WPF.TileView.C1TileView.ItemForeground.html) | **ItemForeground** | Gets or sets the **Brush** to use as the foreground of the C1TileViewItem objects inside the control. |
| [MouseOverBrush](/componentone/api/wpf/online-tilesview/dotnet-framework-api/C1.WPF.TileView.4.6.2/C1.WPF.TileView.C1TileView.MouseOverBrush.html) | **MouseOverBrush** | Gets or sets the **Brush** to use to highlight the control when the pointer is over it. |
| [PressedBrush](/componentone/api/wpf/online-tilesview/dotnet-framework-api/C1.WPF.TileView.4.6.2/C1.WPF.TileView.C1TileView.PressedBrush.html) | **PressedBrush** | Gets or sets the **Brush** to use to paint a button when it is pressed. |

## See Also

[Alignment Properties](/componentone/docs/wpf/online-tilesview/TileViewforWPFLayoutandAppearance/TileViewforWPFAppearanceProperties/AlignmentProperties)