Get default background color of swing component

Question

How to get default background color of swing components? I mean default background color of JPanel?

Answer 1

To get DEFAULT color that panel will use when it is created use:

Color color = UIManager.getColor ( "Panel.background" );

To get CURRENT panel background use:

Color color = panel.getBackground ();

For a complete list of UIManager colour properties, see http://alvinalexander.com/java/java-uimanager-color-keys-list.