Here you can find the source of newColorComponent(Color value)
public static JComponent newColorComponent(Color value)
//package com.java2s; /*/* w w w . j a v a 2 s . c om*/ Copyright 2003-2012 Dmitry Barashev, GanttProject Team This file is part of GanttProject, an opensource project management tool. GanttProject is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. GanttProject is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with GanttProject. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Dimension; import java.awt.FlowLayout; import javax.swing.JComponent; import javax.swing.JPanel; public class Main { public static JComponent newColorComponent(Color value) { JPanel buttonPanel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEADING, 0, 0)); final JPanel label = new JPanel(); label.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(16, 16)); label.setBackground(value); buttonPanel.add(label); // buttonPanel.add(new JXHyperlink(new AbstractAction("choose") { // public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { // System.err.println("Clicked!"); // // } // })); return buttonPanel; } }