Drawing-attribute functions affect the appearance of Windows output, which has four forms: line, brush, bitmap, and text. The following list describes each drawing-attribute function:
| Function | Description | |
| GetBkColor | Returns the current background color. | |
| GetBkMode | Returns the current background mode. | |
| GetPolyFillMode | Retrieves the current polygon-filling mode. | |
| GetROP2 | Retrieves the current drawing mode. | |
| GetStretchBltMode | Retrieves the current stretching mode. | |
| GetTextColor | Retrieves the current text color. | |
| SetBkColor | Sets the background color. | |
| SetBkMode | Sets the background mode. | |
| SetPolyFillMode | Sets the polygon-filling mode. | |
| SetROP2 | Sets the current drawing mode. | |
| SetStretchBltMode | Sets the stretching mode. | |
| SetTextColor | Sets the text color. |