Is it possible to draw overlapping semi-transparent (with a low alpha value) which will not accumulate the alpha values? When I do it now, if in the overlapping area I have a rectangle with alpha of 50, the alpha value of the overlapping area will be 100. 

Here's a sample program which demonstrate the problem.  

I added a button which draws the rectangle in the same place and that increases the alpha value. 

```
using System; 
using System.Collections.Generic; 
using System.ComponentModel; 
using System.Data; 
using System.Drawing; 
using System.Linq; 
using System.Text; 
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace Sample {
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            richerTextBox1.MarkLine();
        }
    }

    public partial class RicherTextBox : RichTextBox
    {
        private const int WM_PAINT = 0x000F;
        private const int WM_VSCROLL = 277;
        private Graphics m_graphics = null;

        public void MarkLine()
        {
            if (m_graphics == null)
                m_graphics = this.CreateGraphics();

            int firstCharOfLine = this.GetFirstCharIndexFromLine(0);
            Rectangle marker = new Rectangle(0, 0, ClientSize.Width - 1, this.Font.Height);
            m_graphics.FillRectangle(new SolidBrush(Color.FromArgb(60, Color.Red)), marker);

        }

        protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
        {
            switch (m.Msg)
            {
                case WM_PAINT:
                    MarkLine();
                    break;
                case WM_VSCROLL:
                    MarkLine();
                    break;
            }

            base.WndProc(ref m);
        }
    } }

```

and the designer:

```
namespace Sample
{
    partial class Form1
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Required designer variable.
        /// </summary>
        private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;

        /// <summary>
        /// Clean up any resources being used.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="disposing">true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.</param>
        protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
        {
            if (disposing && (components != null))
            {
                components.Dispose();
            }
            base.Dispose(disposing);
        }

        #region Windows Form Designer generated code

        /// <summary>
        /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
        /// the contents of this method with the code editor.
        /// </summary>
        private void InitializeComponent()
        {
            this.richerTextBox1 = new Sample.RicherTextBox();
            this.button1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.SuspendLayout();
            // 
            // richerTextBox1
            // 
            this.richerTextBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(22, 12);
            this.richerTextBox1.Name = "richerTextBox1";
            this.richerTextBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(239, 183);
            this.richerTextBox1.TabIndex = 1;
            this.richerTextBox1.Text = "";
            // 
            // button1
            // 
            this.button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(168, 210);
            this.button1.Name = "button1";
            this.button1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(76, 26);
            this.button1.TabIndex = 2;
            this.button1.Text = "button1";
            this.button1.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
            this.button1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button1_Click);
            // 
            // Form1
            // 
            this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
            this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
            this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(292, 266);
            this.Controls.Add(this.button1);
            this.Controls.Add(this.richerTextBox1);
            this.Name = "Form1";
            this.Text = "Form1";
            this.ResumeLayout(false);

        }
        #endregion

        private RicherTextBox richerTextBox1;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Button button1;
    }
}

```