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To define the gradient you want, you need to create a
LinearGradientBrush object.
Using the rules of XAML, you can create the LinearGradientBrush object using an element
with the name LinearGradientBrush:

...

The LinearGradientBrush is part of the WPF set of namespaces, so you can keep using the
default XML namespace for your tags.
However, it??™s not enough to simply create the LinearGradientBrush??”you also need to
specify the colors in that gradient. You do this by filling the LinearGradientBrush.GradientStops
property with a collection of GradientStop objects. Once again, the GradientStops
property is too complex to be set with an attribute value alone. Instead, you need to rely on
the property-element syntax:

...

Finally, you can fill the GradientStops collection with a series of GradientStop objects.
Each GradientStop object has an Offset and Color property. You can supply these two values
using the ordinary property-attribute syntax:

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