In a member access of the form E.I, if E is a single identifier, and if the meaning of E as a simple-name (14.5.2) is a constant, field, property, local variable, or parameter with the same type as the meaning of E as a type-name (10.8), then both possible meanings of E are permitted. The two possible meanings of E.I are never ambiguous, since I must necessarily be a member of the type E in both cases. In other words, the rule simply permits access to the static members of E where a compile-time error would otherwise have occurred. [Example: For example: Within the A class, those occurrences of the Color identifier that reference the Color type are underlined, and those that reference the Color field are not underlined. end example]