How to set the button color of a JButton (not background color)

Question

I have a JButton that I would like to change the background color of to white. When using the Metal Look And Feel, I achieve the desired effect with setB

Answer 1

Your best option is using SwingX:

JXButton allows you to set a Painter for the background with .setBackgroundPainter(Painter) using a MattePainter achieves exactly what you want. Having that JXButton extends from JButton, the changes are minimal in your code:

Color bg = new Color(new Random().nextInt(16777215)); // Random color

JButton button = new JButton();
button.setBackground(bg);

would become

JXButton button = new JXButton();
button.setBackgroundPainter(new MattePainter(bg));