Background Selection Color

I made a JTable in which you can set the row background color as you like for every row independently.
The problem is that I would like the selection color to change accordingly to the background of the selected row (as it happens in many common programs such as Excel or Word). Is there any way to make it without implementing a palette that customizes the couples "Background Color" - "Selection Color"?
Thanks in advance,
Andrew.

try the below code hope this is what u r looking for
good luck.
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class SelectionBackgroundColor extends JFrame
JScrollPane jScrollPane1 = new JScrollPane();
JTextArea jTextArea1 = new JTextArea();
JPanel jPanel1 = new JPanel();
JButton chgBgColorButton = new JButton();
public SelectionBackgroundColor()
try
jbInit();
catch(Exception e)
e.printStackTrace();
public static void main(String[] args)
SelectionBackgroundColor selectionBackgroundColor = new SelectionBackgroundColor();
selectionBackgroundColor.show();
private void jbInit() throws Exception
chgBgColorButton.setText("Change Background Color");
chgBgColorButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
chgBgColorButton_actionPerformed(e);
jTextArea1.setWrapStyleWord(true);
jTextArea1.setLineWrap(true);
jTextArea1.setText(
"I made a JTable in which you can set the row background color as " +
"you like for every row independently.\nThe problem is that I would " +
"like the selection color to change accordingly to the background " +
"of the selected row (as it happens in many common programs such as " +
"Excel or Word). Is there any way to make it without implementing " +
"a palette that customizes the couples \"Background Color\" - \"Selection " +
"Color\"?\n\nThanks in advance,\nAndrew.\n");
jPanel1.add(chgBgColorButton);
jScrollPane1.getViewport().add(jTextArea1);
getContentPane().add(jScrollPane1, BorderLayout.CENTER);
getContentPane().add(jPanel1, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(this);
pack();
void chgBgColorButton_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
JColorChooser jc = new JColorChooser();
Color c = jc.showDialog(this, "Choose background color",
jTextArea1.getBackground());
if(c != null && !c.equals(jTextArea1.getBackground()))
jTextArea1.setBackground(c);
jTextArea1.setSelectionColor(new Color
(255 - c.getRed(), 255 - c.getGreen(), 255 - c.getBlue()));
c = jTextArea1.getSelectionColor();
jTextArea1.setSelectedTextColor(new Color
(255 - c.getRed(), 255 - c.getGreen(), 255 - c.getBlue()));
jc = null;
gkrao

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