Click on me to change the color using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System.Drawing; using System.Text; using System.Windows.Forms; public class MainForm : Form { private ColorDialog colorDlg; private Color currColor = Color.DimGray; public MainForm() { CenterToScreen(); colorDlg = new ColorDialog(); this.MouseDown += new MouseEventHandler(MainForm_MouseDown); } void MainForm_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e) { if (colorDlg.ShowDialog() != DialogResult.Cancel) { currColor = colorDlg.Color; this.BackColor = currColor; string strARGB = colorDlg.Color.ToString(); MessageBox.Show(strARGB, "Color is:"); } } }