15.3 Color Control

Class Color declares methods and constants for manipulating colors in a Java program. The predeclared color constants are summarized in Fig. 15.3, and several color methods and constructors are summarized in Fig. 15.4. Two of the methods in Fig. 15.4 are Graphics methods that are specific to colors.

Fig. 15.3 Color constants and their RGB values.

Color constant RGB value
public final static Color RED 255, 0, 0
public final static Color GREEN 0, 255, 0
public final static Color BLUE 0, 0, 255
public final static Color ORANGE 255, 200, 0
public final static Color PINK 255, 175, 175
public final static Color CYAN 0, 255, 255
public final static Color MAGENTA 255, 0, 255
public final static Color YELLOW ...

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