Get the GraphicsEnvironment and GraphicsDevice
import java.awt.GraphicsConfiguration; import java.awt.GraphicsDevice; import java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment; public class ShowConfigurations { public static void main(String[] args) { GraphicsEnvironment ge = GraphicsEnvironment .getLocalGraphicsEnvironment(); GraphicsDevice defaultScreen = ge.getDefaultScreenDevice(); GraphicsConfiguration[] configurations = defaultScreen .getConfigurations(); System.out.println("Default screen device: " + defaultScreen.getIDstring()); for (int i = 0; i < configurations.length; i++) { System.out.println(" Configuration " + (i + 1)); System.out.println(" " + configurations[i].getColorModel()); } System.exit(0); } }