Graphics.Clear() Method in C# with Examples

Last Updated : 04 Apr, 2019

Graphics.Clear(color) Method is used to clear the canvas and paints it up with the specified background color.

Syntax: public void Clear (System.Drawing.Color color);
Parameter:
color: Color identifier which contains RGB values, to colour the background of canvas.

Example 1:

// C# snippet to print GeeksForGeeks 
using System; 
using System.Drawing; 
using System.Drawing.Printing; 
using System.Windows.Forms; 
namespace GFG { 
  
class PrintableForm : Form { 
  
    // Main Method 
    public static void Main() 
    { 
        Application.Run(new PrintableForm()); 
    } 
    public PrintableForm() 
    { 
        ResizeRedraw = true; 
    } 
  
    protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e) 
    { 
        Font font = new Font("Arial", 16); 
        SolidBrush brush = new SolidBrush(Color.Black); 
        PointF point = new PointF(10.0F, 10.0F); 
        e.Graphics.DrawString("GeeksForGeeks", font, brush, point); 
    } 
} 
} 

Output:

Example 2:

// C# program to illustrate the Clear Method 
// C# snippet to print GeeksForGeeks 
using System; 
using System.Drawing; 
using System.Drawing.Printing; 
using System.Windows.Forms; 
namespace GFG { 
  
class PrintableForm : Form { 
  
    // Main Method 
    public static void Main() 
    { 
        Application.Run(new PrintableForm()); 
    } 
    public PrintableForm() 
    { 
        ResizeRedraw = true; 
    } 
  
    protected override void
    OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e) 
    { 
        e.Graphics.Clear(Color.Coral); 
    } 
} 
} 