Digital clock which randomly selects different colors from Applet

Question

Hi,
I relatively new to java, what I'm trying to do is list about five colours in my Applet and pass the colours into my java code, and maybe the font.....
I want to be able to Display a digital clock which randomly selects different colours which were passed from my Applet
Thanks for any help
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Clock Code:
import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
public class dclock extends Applet implements Runnable{
Thread animThread = null;
int delay = 1000;
public void init(){}
public void paint (Graphics g){
// get the time
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
Date date = cal.getTime();
// format it and display it
DateFormat dateFormatter =DateFormat.getTimeInstance();
g.drawString(dateFormatter.format(date), 5, 10);
public void start(){
if(animThread == null){
animThread = new Thread(this,"Animation");
animThread.start();
public void stop(){animThread = null;}
public void run(){
while(animThread !=null){
try{ Thread.sleep(delay);}
catch(InterruptedException e){};
repaint();
//sec++;
}

Answer 1

Why doesn't the clock just decide what colour it is going to be? If you need to pass the colour choices in, just let the clock accept a collection of colours in its constructor or something. I don't understand what bit of this you are having problems with as you haven't really explained. Please also use code tags.