I've put together a template that displays the theme resources and their result on the Windows Phone.

Theme resources for Windows Phone are useful in getting a consistent user experience with other applications on your phone, and they are also compatible with the dark and light theme.The Theme Resources page on Msdn contain all the goodness you'll need.

The only problem with this page is that there is no preview, so you can't see the result of the different resources and their usage, that's where the template comes in. Download the source if you want to run the application on your device or emulator, or you can view a picture of the theme resource template.

Theme resources are used by adding a StaticResource instead of setting the property manually.