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GradientColorPicker Control for Windows Forms\n[![Visual Studio](https://img.shields.io/badge/Visual%20Studio-2010%20%2F%202017-68217a.svg?style=flat)](https://www.visualstudio.com/)\n[![Windows Forms](https://img.shields.io/badge/Windows%20Forms--68217a.svg?style=flat)](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/winforms/)\n[![.NET Framework](https://img.shields.io/badge/.NET-v3.5%20%2F%20v4.7-68217a.svg?style=flat)](https://www.microsoft.com/net/download)\n[![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/meet-aleksey/GradientColorPicker.svg?style=flat\u0026label=License)](https://github.com/meet-aleksey/GradientColorPicker/blob/master/LICENSE)\n[![NuGet](https://img.shields.io/nuget/dt/GradientColorPicker.svg?style=flat\u0026label=Downloads)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/GradientColorPicker/)\n\nThis is control for Windows Forms, which allows to select colors to create gradients.\n\n![Preview](preview.png)\n\n## Install\n\nTo install GradientColorPicker control, run the following command in the Package Manager Console:\n\n```\nInstall-Package GradientColorPicker\n```\n\n## How to use\n\nInstall the GradientColorPicker package in your Windows Forms project.\n\nOr [download an archive file containing binary assemblies](https://github.com/meet-aleksey/GradientColorPicker/releases), \nunpack it and add to your project a reference to the assembly of the version of .NET Framework that you are using.\n\nNow you can create an instance of the GradientColorPicker and add to the form:\n\n```C#\n// create a new instance of GradientColorPicker\nvar gradientColorPicker = new GradientColorPicker();\n\n// for example, set the minimum number of items (colors)\ngradientColorPicker.MinimumColorCount = 4;\n\n// for example, randomize the postion and color of the items\ngradientColorPicker1.Randomize(true, true);\n\n// add the GradientColorPicker to the form\nControls.Add(gradientColorPicker);\n\n// use the DrawLinearGradientToImage method to drawing linear gradient 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