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| Chapter 18 The java.awt Package |

## 18.56 java.awt.SystemColor (JDK 1.1)

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Instances of the `SystemColor` class represent colors used in the system desktop. You can use these colors to produce applications and custom components that fit well in the desktop color scheme. On platforms that allow the desktop colors to be modified dynamically, the actual color represented by these symbolic system colors may be dynamically updated.

The `SystemColor` class does not have a constructor, but it defines constant `SystemColor` objects that represent each of the symbolic colors used by the system desktop.

If you need to compare a `SystemColor` object to a regular `Color` object, use the `getRGB()` method of both objects and compare the resulting values.

    public final class SystemColor extends Color implements Serializable {
        // No Constructor
        // Color Constants
                public static final SystemColor activeCaption, activeCaptionBorder, activeCaptionText;
                public static final SystemColor control, controlDkShadow, controlHighlight;
                public static final SystemColor controlLtHighlight, controlShadow, controlText;
                public static final SystemColor desktop;
                public static final SystemColor inactiveCaption, inactiveCaptionBorder, inactiveCaptionText;
                public static final SystemColor info, infoText;
                public static final SystemColor menu, menuText;
                public static final SystemColor scrollbar;
                public static final SystemColor text, textHighlight, textHighlightText;
                public static final SystemColor textInactiveText, textText;
                public static final SystemColor window, windowBorder, windowText;
        // Color Index Constants
                public static final int ACTIVE_CAPTION, ACTIVE_CAPTION_BORDER, ACTIVE_CAPTION_TEXT;
                public static final int CONTROL, CONTROL_DK_SHADOW, CONTROL_HIGHLIGHT;
                public static final int CONTROL_LT_HIGHLIGHT, CONTROL_SHADOW, CONTROL_TEXT;
                public static final int DESKTOP;
                public static final int INACTIVE_CAPTION, INACTIVE_CAPTION_BORDER, INACTIVE_CAPTION_TEXT;
                public static final int INFO, INFO_TEXT;
                public static final int MENU, MENU_TEXT;
                public static final int NUM_COLORS;
                public static final int SCROLLBAR;
                public static final int TEXT, TEXT_HIGHLIGHT, TEXT_HIGHLIGHT_TEXT;
                public static final int TEXT_INACTIVE_TEXT, TEXT_TEXT;
                public static final int WINDOW, WINDOW_BORDER, WINDOW_TEXT;
        // Public Instance Methods
                public int getRGB();  // Overrides Color
                public String toString();  // Overrides Color
    }

### Hierarchy:

`Object->Color(Serializable)->SystemColor(Serializable)`

java.awt.Shape (JDK 1.1) |  | java.awt.TextArea (JDK 1.0)