diff --git a/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Winforms/PaperSource and PaperSize Example with Resolution/CS/source.cs b/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Winforms/PaperSource and PaperSize Example with Resolution/CS/source.cs
index c31a581ea16..90fa8dcfe88 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Winforms/PaperSource and PaperSize Example with Resolution/CS/source.cs	
+++ b/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Winforms/PaperSource and PaperSize Example with Resolution/CS/source.cs	
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Windows.Forms;
 using System.Data;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
 namespace WindowsApplication3
 {
@@ -283,8 +284,15 @@ private void MyButtonPrint_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
     protected int currentPageNumber = 1;
     // <Snippet6>
 
-    private void MyButtonPrint_OnClick(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
-    {
+    [DllImport("winspool.drv", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, ExactSpelling = true)]
+    private static extern int DeviceCapabilitiesW(string pDevice, string pPort, short fwCapabilities, IntPtr pOutput, IntPtr pDevMode);
+    private const short DC_COLORDEVICE = 32;
+
+    private static bool GetColorDeviceCapability(string printerName) {
+        return DeviceCapabilitiesW(printerName, null, DC_COLORDEVICE, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero) == 1;
+    }
+
+    private void MyButtonPrint_OnClick(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
         
         // Set the printer name and ensure it is valid. If not, provide a message to the user.
         printDoc.PrinterSettings.PrinterName = "\\mynetworkprinter";
@@ -292,7 +300,7 @@ private void MyButtonPrint_OnClick(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
         if (printDoc.PrinterSettings.IsValid) {
         
             // If the printer supports printing in color, then override the printer's default behavior.
-            if (printDoc.PrinterSettings.SupportsColor) {
+            if (GetColorDeviceCapability("\\mynetworkprinter")) {
 
                 // Set the page default's to not print in color.
                 printDoc.DefaultPageSettings.Color = false;
diff --git a/xml/System.Drawing.Printing/PrinterSettings.xml b/xml/System.Drawing.Printing/PrinterSettings.xml
index fa06153c126..9a5511ae674 100644
--- a/xml/System.Drawing.Printing/PrinterSettings.xml
+++ b/xml/System.Drawing.Printing/PrinterSettings.xml
@@ -1654,13 +1654,16 @@
         <ReturnType>System.Boolean</ReturnType>
       </ReturnValue>
       <Docs>
-        <summary>Gets a value indicating whether this printer supports color printing.</summary>
+        <summary>On .NET Frameworks 1.1 to 4.8, .NET Core framework versions 3.1 and 3.0, and on .NET Framework Extensions 2.1 to 3.1, gets a value indicating whether this printer uses multiple adjacent color bits for each pixel. This value does not guarantee if this printer supports color.<br/>
+          On .NET 5, gets a value indicating whether this printer supports color printing.</summary>
         <value>
-          <see langword="true" /> if this printer supports color; otherwise, <see langword="false" />.</value>
+          On versions below .NET 5, <see langword="true" /> if this printer uses multiple adjacent color bits for each pixel; otherwise, <see langword="false" />.
+          On .NET 5 and above, <see langword="true" /> if this printer supports color; otherwise, <see langword="false" />.</value>
         <remarks>
           <format type="text/markdown"><![CDATA[  
   
-## Remarks  
+## Remarks
+ On Framework version below .NET 5, to determine if the printer supports color, P/Invoke [DeviceCapabilitiesW](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/wingdi/nf-wingdi-devicecapabilitiesw) function​ with `DC_COLORDEVICE` capability.<br/>
  To print using color, and if the printer supports it, set <xref:System.Drawing.Printing.PageSettings.Color%2A?displayProperty=nameWithType> to `true`.  
   
    
@@ -1672,7 +1675,7 @@
   
  [!code-cpp[PaperSource and PaperSize Example with Resolution#6](~/samples/snippets/cpp/VS_Snippets_Winforms/PaperSource and PaperSize Example with Resolution/CPP/source.cpp#6)]
  [!code-csharp[PaperSource and PaperSize Example with Resolution#6](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Winforms/PaperSource and PaperSize Example with Resolution/CS/source.cs#6)]
- [!code-vb[PaperSource and PaperSize Example with Resolution#6](~/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Winforms/PaperSource and PaperSize Example with Resolution/VB/source.vb#6)]  
+ [!code-vb[PaperSource and PaperSize Example with Resolution#6](~/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Winforms/PaperSource and PaperSize Example with Resolution/VB/source.vb#6)]
   
  ]]></format>
         </remarks>