Avoiding disposing system-defined Pen and Brush instances

Question

I understand it is best practise to call Dispose() on instances of Pen and Brush, except if they\'ve been set to the system-predefined values (eg. System.Drawing.Brushes, Syste

Answer 1

I could be wrong but I think you can assume that the lifetime (and the disposal) of the predefined brushes and pens is not your app's responsibility and will be handled by the system.

In short: don't call Dispose on the predefined stuff. :)