How to set a transparent background of JPanel?

Question

Can JPanels background be set to transparent?

My frame is has two JPanels:

• Image Panel and

Answer 1

To set transparent you can set opaque of panel to false like

   JPanel panel = new JPanel();
   panel.setOpaque(false);

But to make it transculent use alpha property of color attribute like

   JPanel panel = new JPanel();
   panel.setBackground(new Color(0,0,0,125));

where last parameter of Color is for alpha and alpha value ranges between 0 and 255 where 0 is full transparent and 255 is fully opaque