Here you can find the source of createGrayIcon(Icon icon)
public static Icon createGrayIcon(Icon icon)
//package com.java2s; /*//from w w w.jav a2 s .c o m * PHEX - The pure-java Gnutella-servent. * Copyright (C) 2001 - 2006 Phex Development Group * * This program 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 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA * * Created on 02.02.2006 * --- CVS Information --- * $Id: ImageFilterUtils.java 3362 2006-03-30 22:27:26Z gregork $ */ import java.awt.Image; import java.awt.Toolkit; import java.awt.image.FilteredImageSource; import java.awt.image.ImageProducer; import javax.swing.GrayFilter; import javax.swing.Icon; import javax.swing.ImageIcon; public class Main { public static Icon createGrayIcon(Icon icon) { return new ImageIcon( GrayFilter.createDisabledImage(((ImageIcon) icon) .getImage())); } public static Icon createGrayIcon(Icon icon, boolean brighter, int percent) { GrayFilter filter = new GrayFilter(brighter, percent); ImageProducer prod = new FilteredImageSource(((ImageIcon) icon) .getImage().getSource(), filter); Image grayImage = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createImage(prod); return new ImageIcon(grayImage); } }