Button with a Background Brush declared using abbreviated markup
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.Window1" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" Title="" Height="300" Width="300"> <StackPanel Margin="10 10 10 10"> <Button Width="350" Height="30" Background="Red" Content="Button with a Background Brush declared using abbreviated markup"/> </StackPanel> </Window>