' This class does the owner drawing of a MenuItem to draw a color box.' The class inherits from MenuItem, thus the ColorMenuItem objects' can be added to a parent MenuItem or a context menu as you ' normally do, and can also be mixed with other MenuItem items ' under the same parent item.Imports System.DrawingImports System.Windows.FormsPublic Class ColorMenuItem : Inherits MenuItem    Public m_Color As Color    Sub New(ByVal color As Color)        ' create the base menu        MyBase.New("")        ' save the color, and specify that the item will be owner drawn        Me.OwnerDraw = True        m_Color = color    End Sub    Sub New(ByVal color As Color, ByVal eventHandler As EventHandler)        ' create the base menu        MyBase.New("", eventHandler)        ' save the color, and specify that the item will be owner drawn        Me.OwnerDraw = True        m_Color = color    End Sub    Public Property Color() As Color        Get            Return m_Color        End Get        Set(ByVal Value As Color)            m_Color = Value        End Set    End Property    Protected Overrides Sub OnMeasureItem(ByVal e As MeasureItemEventArgs)        MyBase.OnMeasureItem(e)        e.ItemHeight = SystemInformation.MenuHeight - 4        e.ItemWidth = 40    End Sub    Protected Overrides Sub OnDrawItem(ByVal e As DrawItemEventArgs)        MyBase.OnDrawItem(e)        ' draw the background, using the normal/selected color        ' according to the menu item state        Dim brBack As Brush        If (e.State And DrawItemState.Selected) = DrawItemState.Selected Then            brBack = SystemBrushes.Highlight        Else            brBack = SystemBrushes.Menu        End If        e.Graphics.FillRectangle(brBack, e.Bounds)        ' draw the color box        Dim brColorBox As Brush = New SolidBrush(m_Color)        Dim rect As New RectangleF(e.Bounds.X, e.Bounds.Y, e.Bounds.Width, _            e.Bounds.Height)        ' draw the box's black border        rect.Inflate(-5, -3)        e.Graphics.FillRectangle(brColorBox, rect)        e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(New Pen(Color.Black), New Rectangle(rect.X, _            rect.Y, rect.Width, rect.Height))    End SubEnd Class' SAMPLE USAGE: create a color picker' In this example we create a menu bar for the form, with a top level ' menu called "Colors", and add to this item some ColorMenuItem items ' to simulate a color picker menu. We also handle the click on the' color items, and change the form's background color accordingly.' You may change the code to add the color items to a context menu, ' associated to a toolbar button or any other control.Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, _    ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load    ' create a new menu bar and add it to the form    Me.Menu = New MainMenu()    ' create and add the Colors top menu item    Dim mnuColors As MenuItem = New MenuItem("Colors")    Me.Menu.MenuItems.Add(mnuColors)    ' add some color menu items     mnuColors.MenuItems.Add(New ColorMenuItem(Color.Green, _        New EventHandler(AddressOf mnuColor_Click)))    mnuColors.MenuItems.Add(New ColorMenuItem(Color.Navy, _        New EventHandler(AddressOf mnuColor_Click)))    mnuColors.MenuItems.Add(New ColorMenuItem(Color.Purple, _        New EventHandler(AddressOf mnuColor_Click)))    mnuColors.MenuItems.Add(New ColorMenuItem(Color.Red, _        New EventHandler(AddressOf mnuColor_Click)))    mnuColors.MenuItems.Add(New ColorMenuItem(Color.Lime, _        New EventHandler(AddressOf mnuColor_Click)))    mnuColors.MenuItems.Add(New ColorMenuItem(Color.Yellow, _        New EventHandler(AddressOf mnuColor_Click)))    ' create a normal menu item    mnuColors.MenuItems.Add(New MenuItem("Other color...", _        New EventHandler(AddressOf mnuColor_Click)))End SubPrivate Sub mnuColor_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _    ByVal e As System.EventArgs)    Dim bgColor As Color    ' if the clicked item is a ColorMenuItem, extract its color    If TypeOf sender Is ColorMenuItem Then        bgColor = CType(sender, ColorMenuItem).Color    Else        ' otherwise open a Windows's Color dialog box        ' ...add your code here...    End If    ' set the form's background color to the selected text    Me.BackColor = bgColorEnd Sub