How to get back the original look and feel color of a button after changing its color?

Question

I changed the color of my button. Now I want its original look and feel back. I want to change the color once to a color that i like. After that, I want the button to get its original look back.

How do I do that ?

Here is the code to change color -

JButton but = JButton("Press now to up vote"); // :)
but.setBackground(Color.orange); 
//code to remove this color and get the original look back ???

by default question is regullar without any code, (I'm user that required, asking for an SSCCE in all cases) — mKorbel, Apr 04 '13 at 21:23

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 04 '13 at 21:02

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Color oldColor = myButton.getBackground();
myButton.setBackground(Color.RED);
// ... do stuff
myButton.setBackground(oldColor);

answered Apr 04 '13 at 21:02

martinez314

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Thanks. Is there a way to find out the name/code of the old color ? – SuperStar Apr 04 '13 at 21:04
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You can do toString() on the Color object. It will output the components, for example: `java.awt.Color[r=255,g=0,b=0]`. There are other options to get the components. See the [Color API](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/index.html?java/awt/Color.html). – martinez314 Apr 04 '13 at 21:10

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

I want the button to get its original look back.

this code should be only button.setBackground(null);

Is there a way to find out the name/code of the old color

by default Colors has not a names, only safe Colors(blue, red, orange ....)
old color not JButton has arrays of Colors
UIManager returns javax.swing.plaf.ColorUIResource[r=xxx, g=xxx, b=xx], contains arrays of Colors and Insets

How to get back the original look and feel color of a button after changing its color?

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