How do I create a new color?

Question

Hey guys,

This is for the Lab 3G. I'm trying to create a new color. I tried using:

panel.setBackground(new Color.RED37);

When I do this eclipse marks it as an error and tries to get me to use a class constant.

Answer 1

When creating a color, instead of putting RED37 as you wrote here, you instead must write a RGB (red, green, blue) value inside parentheses up to a value of 255. Here is an example which sets the background color to blue:

panel.setBackground(new Color(0,0,255));

Answer 2

If you want to create a new color, you have to put the number correspond to these three color: RED, GREEN, BLUE (RGB). You can try out this website to find the color you want and which number to put in each color: https://www.rapidtables.com/web/color/RGB_Color.html