Note: This topic is for Document/Medical only.
The Pen and Brush tabs on the Properties pages for many of the annotation objects allow the alpha value to be set to a value from 0 - 255 inclusive. The following figure illustrates four representative alpha values:

The following figure illustrates some of the various pen and brush combinations available for annotation objects:
Back row:
Type: Solid | Type: Hatch | Type: Hatch | Type: Hatch |
Fore Color: Black | Fore Color: BurlyWood | Fore Color: Black | Fore Color: Black |
Fore Color Alpha: 255 | Fore Color Alpha: 255 | Fore Color Alpha: 100 | Fore Color Alpha: 255 |
Back Color: N/A | Back Color: Sienna | Back Color: MidnightBlue | Back Color: Teal |
Back Color Alpha: N/A | Back Color Alpha: 255 | Back Color Alpha: 255 | Back Color Alpha: 255 |
Hatch Style: N/A | Hatch Style: Cross | Hatch Style: Shingle | Hatch Style: Dotted Grid |
Front row:
Type: Solid | Type: Hatch | Type: Hatch |
Fore Color: 50, 0, 128, 0 | Fore Color: 0, 0, 0, 0 | Fore Color: Black |
Fore Color Alpha: 50 | Fore Color Alpha: 0 | Fore Color Alpha: 255 |
Back Color: N/A | Back Color: Tomato | Back Color: White |
Back Color Alpha: N/A | Back Color Alpha: 255 | Back Color Alpha: 255 |
Hatch Style: N/A | Hatch Style: Dark Upward Diagonal | Hatch Style: Percent 50 |
