Highlighting JList Items

Hello
Could anybody let me how to change the color of Few Items of JList. I know how to change the foreground color of an item which is selected. But, I need to show few items of JList in different color.
Thanks in advance

please can you tell us where is/are ..., could you able to demostrate your issue, now
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
public class JListDisabledItemDemo implements ItemListener, Runnable {
 private static final String ITEMS[] = {
 "Black", "Blue", "Green", "Orange", "Purple", "Red", "White", "Yellow"};
 private JList jList;
 private JCheckBox[] checkBoxes;
 private boolean[] enabledFlags;
 @Override
 public void run() {
 JPanel pnlEnablers = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0, 1));
 pnlEnablers.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Enabled Items"));
 checkBoxes = new JCheckBox[ITEMS.length];
 enabledFlags = new boolean[ITEMS.length];
 for (int i = 0; i < ITEMS.length; i++) {
 checkBoxes[i] = new JCheckBox(ITEMS);
checkBoxes[i].setSelected(true);
checkBoxes[i].addItemListener(this);
enabledFlags[i] = true;
pnlEnablers.add(checkBoxes[i]);
jList = new JList(ITEMS);
jList.setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION);
jList.setSelectionModel(new DisabledItemSelectionModel());
jList.setCellRenderer(new DisabledItemListCellRenderer());
jList.addListSelectionListener(new ListSelectionListener() {
@Override
public void valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent e) {
if (!e.getValueIsAdjusting()) {
System.out.println("selection");
JScrollPane scroll = new JScrollPane(jList);
scroll.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);
scroll.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
JFrame f = new JFrame("JList and Colors");
Container contentPane = f.getContentPane();
contentPane.setLayout(new GridLayout(1, 2));
contentPane.add(pnlEnablers);
contentPane.add(scroll);
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
f.setSize(240, 280);
f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
UIManager.put("List.background", Color.red);
UIManager.put("List.selectionBackground", Color.orange);
UIManager.put("List.selectionForeground", Color.blue);
UIManager.put("Label.disabledForeground", Color.magenta);
SwingUtilities.updateComponentTreeUI(f);
f.setVisible(true);
@Override
public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent event) {
JCheckBox checkBox = (JCheckBox) event.getSource();
int index = -1;
for (int i = 0; i < ITEMS.length; i++) {
if (ITEMS[i].equals(checkBox.getText())) {
index = i;
break;
if (index != -1) {
enabledFlags[index] = checkBox.isSelected();
jList.repaint();
public static void main(String args[]) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new JListDisabledItemDemo());
private class DisabledItemListCellRenderer extends DefaultListCellRenderer {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@Override
public Component getListCellRendererComponent(JList list, Object value, int index, boolean isSelected, boolean cellHasFocus) {
if (enabledFlags[index]) {
return super.getListCellRendererComponent(list, value, index, isSelected, cellHasFocus);
Component comp = super.getListCellRendererComponent(list, value, index, false, false);
comp.setEnabled(false);
return comp;
private class DisabledItemSelectionModel extends DefaultListSelectionModel {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@Override
public void setSelectionInterval(int index0, int index1) {
if (enabledFlags[index0]) {
super.setSelectionInterval(index0, index0);
} else {
if (getAnchorSelectionIndex() < index0) {
for (int i = index0; i < enabledFlags.length; i++) {
if (enabledFlags[i]) {
super.setSelectionInterval(i, i);
return;
} else {
for (int i = index0; i >= 0; i--) {
if (enabledFlags[i]) {
super.setSelectionInterval(i, i);
return;

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