How to set a custom color in itext?

Question

Thanks for taking the time to answer my question.

I\'m generating a PDF document using iText in Java. I need to set the column headers of a table a different colour than

Answer 1

You'll need to take your 8-bit hexadecimal color value and convert it to 8-bit RGB values.

How to convert hex to rgb using Java?

Then you'll be able to create a new BaseColor with your RGB values.

cell.setBackgroundColor(new BaseColor(255, 0, 0));