Java Swing How to - Change the colour of the JTabbedPane header

Question

We would like to know how to change the colour of the JTabbedPane header.
Answer

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
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import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTabbedPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.border.LineBorder;
import javax.swing.plaf.BorderUIResource;
import javax.swing.plaf.ColorUIResource;
import javax.swing.plaf.InsetsUIResource;

@SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class Main extends JTabbedPane {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    JFrame frame = new JFrame();
    frame.setSize(800, 600);
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    frame.getContentPane().setBackground(Color.RED);
    frame.getContentPane().add(new Main());
    frame.setVisible(true);
  }

  public Main() {
    UIManager.put("TabbedPane.contentBorderInsets", new InsetsUIResource(1, 0,
        0, 0));
    UIManager.put("TabbedPane.contentAreaColor", new ColorUIResource(
        Color.GREEN));
    UIManager.put("TabbedPane.focus", new ColorUIResource(Color.ORANGE));
    UIManager.put("TabbedPane.selected", new ColorUIResource(Color.YELLOW));
    UIManager
        .put("TabbedPane.darkShadow", new ColorUIResource(Color.DARK_GRAY));
    UIManager.put("TabbedPane.borderHightlightColor", new ColorUIResource(
        Color.LIGHT_GRAY));
    UIManager.put("TabbedPane.light", new ColorUIResource(Color.WHITE));
    UIManager.put("TabbedPane.tabAreaBackground", new ColorUIResource(
        Color.CYAN));
    UIManager.put("ToolTip.background", Color.WHITE);
    UIManager.put("ToolTip.border", new BorderUIResource(new LineBorder(
        Color.BLACK)));
    this.updateUI();

    this.setBackground(Color.BLUE);

    JPanel testPanel = new JPanel();
    testPanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
    testPanel.add(new JLabel("Hello World"), BorderLayout.NORTH);
    testPanel
        .add(new JTextArea("Looks nice out there :)"), BorderLayout.CENTER);

    JPanel testPanel2 = new JPanel();
    testPanel2.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
    testPanel2.add(new JLabel("Good Bye World"), BorderLayout.NORTH);
    testPanel2.add(new JTextArea("OK"),
        BorderLayout.CENTER);

    this.addTab("Hello World", testPanel);
    this.addTab("World", testPanel2);
  }
}