How to determine theme accent color on Windows Phone

Jul 8, 2012 by

That’s how to determine theme accent color on Windows Phone 7



// Determine the accent color.

Color currentAccentColorHex = 

    (Color)Application.Current.Resources["PhoneAccentColor"];



switch (currentAccentColorHex.ToString())

{

    case "#FF1BA1E2": currentAccentColor = "blue"; break;



    case "#FFA05000": currentAccentColor = "brown"; break;



    case "#FF339933": currentAccentColor = "green"; break;



    case "#FFE671B8": currentAccentColor = "pink"; break;



    case "#FFA200FF": currentAccentColor = "purple"; break;



    case "#FFE51400": currentAccentColor = "red"; break;



    case "#FF00ABA9": currentAccentColor = "teal (viridian)"; break;



    // Lime changed to #FFA2C139 in Windows Phone OS 7.1.

    case "#FF8CBF26": 

    case "#FFA2C139": currentAccentColor = "lime"; break;



    // Magenta changed to # FFD80073 in Windows Phone OS 7.1.

    case "#FFFF0097": 

    case "#FFD80073": currentAccentColor = "magenta"; break;



    // #FFF9609 (previously orange) is named mango in Windows Phone OS 7.1.

    case "#FFF09609": currentAccentColor = "mango (orange)"; break;



    // Mobile operator or hardware manufacturer color

    default: currentAccentColor = "custom eleventh color"; break;

}
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How to determine theme background color on Windows Phone

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// Determine the visibility of the dark background.

Visibility darkBackgroundVisibility =

    (Visibility)Application.Current.Resources["PhoneDarkThemeVisibility"];



// Write the theme background value.

if (darkBackgroundVisibility == Visibility.Visible)

{

    textBlock1.Text = "background = dark";

}

else

{

    textBlock1.Text = "background = light";

}
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