Can I specify a default Color parameter in C# 4.0?

Here is an example function:

public void DrawSquare(int x, int y, Color boxColor = Color.Black)
{
    //Code to draw the square goes here 
}

The compiler keeps giving me the error: Default parameter value for 'boxColor'must be a compile-time constant

I have tried

Color.Black, 
Color.FromKnownColor(KnownColor.Black), and 
Color.FromArgb(0, 0, 0)

How do I make Color.Black be the default color? Also, I do not want to use a string Black to specif开发者_高级运维y it (which I know would work). I want the Color.Black value.

Do this:

void foo(... Color boxColor = default(Color))
{
   if(object.Equals(boxColor, default(Color))) boxColor = Color.Black;

  // ...
}

Quick aside: I like to use object.Equals static method because it's a consistent way to write an equality comparison. With reference types such as string, str.Equals("abc") can throw NRE, whereas string.Equals(str, "abc"[,StringComparison.___]) will not. Color is a value type and therefore will never be null, but it's better to be consistent in code style, especially at zero additional cost. Obviously this doesn't apply to primitives such as int and even DateTime, where == clearly states/communicates the mathematical equality comparison.

Or, with nullables (credit to Brian Ball's answer):

void foo(... Color? boxColor = null)
{
   if(boxColor == null) boxColor = Color.Black;

  // ...
}

Color.Black is a static, not a constant, so no, you cannot do this.

To use a default, you can make the parameter nullable (Color?), and if it is null, then set it to Black.

What's wrong with keeping it simple?

public void DrawSquare(int x, int y)
{
    DrawSquare(x,y,Color.Black);
}

public void DrawSquare(int x, int y, Color color)
{
   // Do your thing.
}