ANuB figures out how == overlap transparent gif in a JPanel!

Question

I have to say I have a hate/love realtionship with this forum. Sorry if I ofend but I know it's hard sometimes to get an answer for help as it is purely voluntary. But I've asked help for this a bazillion times and help has been min to null, but I want to say I'm hoping to post something to help someone how to figure out how to Overlap a transparent image or transparent gif over another in a custom JPanel and display it when an action is called. (action called code to follow soon in another forum)
import java.awt.*;                                                                                          //     import extension packages
import javax.swing.*;
* <strong>TransparentImageExample</strong> -- drawing a transparent
* image on top of a background image.
public class PizzaImage extends JPanel
     private Icon     icnPizza,
                         icnLoaded,
                         icnSausage,
                         icnPepp,
                         icnOnion,
                         icnGrPep,
                         icnMush,
                         icnOlive,
                         icnGarlic,
                         icnPineApp,
                         icnSpinach;
     private Color bgColor;
     public void paintComponent( Graphics g )
          super.paintComponent( g );
          bgColor = new Color( 255, 235, 160 );
          this.setBackground( bgColor );
          icnPizza = new ImageIcon( "pzaThin.gif" );
          icnLoaded = new ImageIcon( "icnLoaded.gif" );
          icnSausage = new ImageIcon( "topSausage.gif" );
          icnPepp = new ImageIcon( "topPepp.gif" );
          icnOnion = new ImageIcon( "topOnion.gif" );
          icnGrPep = new ImageIcon( "topGrPep.gif" );
          icnMush = new ImageIcon( "topMush.gif" );
          icnOlive = new ImageIcon( "topOlives.gif" );
          icnGarlic = new ImageIcon( "topGarlic.gif" );
          //icnPineApp = new ImageIcon( "topPineApp.gif" );
          //icnSpinach = new ImageIcon( "icnLoaded.gif" );
          icnPizza.paintIcon( this, g, 0, 0 );
          icnSausage.paintIcon( this, g, 0, 0 );
          icnPepp.paintIcon( this, g, 0, 0 );
          icnOnion.paintIcon( this, g, 0, 0 );
          icnGrPep.paintIcon( this, g, 0, 0 );
          icnMush.paintIcon( this, g, 0, 0 );
          icnOlive.paintIcon( this, g, 0, 0 );
          icnGarlic.paintIcon( this, g, 0, 0 );
     public void draw()
          repaint();
so just import the above code in a class fime which extends JPanel and display the PizzaImage objVariable  = new PizzaImage() in the component of your choice.
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Answer 1

You guys are right about setting the background color outside of the paint method. I was more pre-occupied with trying to overlap the images. So now I have it set. NOW I need to draw each item when it is selected with a JCheckBox and I can't think of a good way to do that. Is there a way to undraw an image? I suppose I've gone too long w/o sleep. Here's what I have.
// this code is in another class file
private class chkBoxHandler implements ItemListener
          public void itemStateChanged( ItemEvent e )
               for( int i = 0; i < chkBoxName.length; i++ )
                    if( e.getSource() == toppingChk[ i ] )     
                         if( e.getStateChange() == ItemEvent.SELECTED )
                              pzaImage.setImage( i );
                              pzaImage.draw();
                         if( e.getStateChange() != ItemEvent.SELECTED )
                              JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( null, "Button Unselected",     //     displays a message
                                   "About MyPizzeria", JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE );          //     code to "undraw" the image will go here
import java.awt.*;     
import javax.swing.*;
public class PizzaImage extends JPanel
     int     thisImgNum = -1;
     Icon pzaThin, icnLoaded;
     public String imgName[] = {     "topSausage.gif",
                                        "topPepp.gif",
                                        "topOnion.gif",
                                        "topGrPep.gif",
                                        "topMush.gif",
                                        "topOlives.gif",
                                        "topGarlic.gif",
                                        "topPine.gif",
                                        "topSpinach.gif"
     public Icon topping[] = {     new ImageIcon ( imgName[ 0 ] ),
                                        new ImageIcon ( imgName[ 1 ] ),
                                        new ImageIcon ( imgName[ 2 ] ),
                                        new ImageIcon ( imgName[ 3 ] ),
                                        new ImageIcon ( imgName[ 4 ] ),
                                        new ImageIcon ( imgName[ 5 ] ),
                                        new ImageIcon ( imgName[ 6 ] ),
                                        new ImageIcon ( imgName[ 7 ] ),
                                        new ImageIcon ( imgName[ 8 ] )
     private Color bgColor;
     public PizzaImage()
          setBackground(new Color(255, 235, 160));                         
          pzaThin = new ImageIcon( "pzaThin.gif" );                         
          icnLoaded = new ImageIcon( "icnLoaded.gif" );                    
     public void setImage( int img )                                             
          thisImgNum = img;                                                       
     public void paintComponent( Graphics g )                              
          super.paintComponent( g );
          pzaThin.paintIcon( this, g, 0, 0 );                                   
          if( thisImgNum == 0 )
               topping[ 0 ].paintIcon( this, g, 0, 0 );
          if( thisImgNum == 1 )
               topping[ 1 ].paintIcon( this, g, 0, 0 );
          if( thisImgNum == 2 )
               topping[ 2 ].paintIcon( this, g, 0, 0 );
          if( thisImgNum == 3 )
               topping[ 3 ].paintIcon( this, g, 0, 0 );
          if( thisImgNum == 4 )
               topping[ 4 ].paintIcon( this, g, 0, 0 );
          if( thisImgNum == 5 )
               topping[ 5 ].paintIcon( this, g, 0, 0 );
          if( thisImgNum == 6 )
               topping[ 6 ].paintIcon( this, g, 0, 0 );
          if( thisImgNum == 7 )
               topping[ 7 ].paintIcon( this, g, 0, 0 );
          if( thisImgNum == 8 )
               topping[ 8 ].paintIcon( this, g, 0, 0 );
     public void draw()
          repaint();
}