Question

How can I change the gray background of an applet?

Answer

Applets use a default background of gray, which isn't very visually appealing, and very infrequently matches the background of the web page on which it is loaded. So unless you repaint the background yourself in the paint() method of your applet, you'll want to change its background as soon as the applet loads.

The best place to do it will be in your init() method. This means the applet will change color once it has finished loading. To change background color, you need to invoke the setBackground(Color) method. It accepts as a parameter any valid Color.

public void init()
{
	setBackground ( Color.black );
}

There are many predefined colors, or you can create your own. For more information, see the java.Color API documentation.

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