import java.awt.Color; import javax.swing.JTextPane; import javax.swing.text.Style; import javax.swing.text.StyleConstants; import javax.swing.text.StyledDocument; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception{ JTextPane textPane = new JTextPane(); StyledDocument doc = (StyledDocument) textPane.getDocument(); // Create a style object and then set the style attributes Style style = doc.addStyle("StyleName", null); StyleConstants.setForeground(style, Color.white); // Append to document doc.insertString(doc.getLength(), "Some Text", style); } }