JCheckBox Disabled Text Color

Hello,
I realize this is probably an old and rather tired question, but,
I have run into an interface application where 'GREY' disabled text
is not such a good idea.
Is there a way to change the disabled behavior of a JCheckBox
to make the disabled text something other than grey?
Thanks for any insight.
Peter

Try adding this before you create any JCheckBoxes and it will change it for all of them:
UIManager.put("CheckBox.disabledText", myCustomColor)

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i thought i'd share what i've found. the solution seems to be quite simple: wrap the combobox label in a panel.Brilliant! I'm sure this will be useful to others who find this solution here.
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import javax.swing.JCheckBox;
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