How to set background color of a button in Java GUI?

Question

Below is the code which creates 9 buttons in gridlayout form on a specific pannel3. What i want is to make the background of each button black with grey text over it. Can a

Answer 1

Use the setBackground method to set the background and setForeground to change the colour of your text. Note however, that putting grey text over a black background might make your text a bit tough to read.