A static readonly field is useful when a symbolic name for a constant value is desired, but when the type of the value is not permitted in a const declaration, or when the value cannot be computed at compile-time. [Example: In the example

public class Color { public static readonly Color Black = new Color(0, 0, 0); public static readonly Color White = new Color(255, 255, 255); public static readonly Color Red = new Color(255, 0, 0); public static readonly Color Green = new Color(0, 255, 0); public static readonly Color Blue = new Color(0, 0, 255); private byte red, green, blue; public Color(byte r, byte g, byte b) { red = r; green = g; blue = b; } }

the Black, White, Red, Green, and Blue members cannot be declared as const members because their values cannot be computed at compile-time. However, declaring them static readonly instead has much the same effect. end example]