Pass Color Param to Java Applet

Question

I am trying to get 2 different parameters (from an HTML file) and use these to decide background colors for 2 JLabels (with the applet able to display a choice of colors from: red, green, blue or yellow). I have tried getting the color and setting to a string e.g:
String myCol1 = getParameter("col1");
But I am not sure how to parse this to a color so that I can use:
jLabel1.setBackground(new java.awt.Color(col1));
Any ideas on how to do this and also how to be able to choose from a selection of colors?

Answer 1

Ok I have now saved the parameter as a String and created a new colour (depending on which color is passed from the HTML) however, it is still not displaying the background for the jLabel correctly. Any ideas where I am going wrong? Here is a sample of what I have:
        String myParaNum = getParameter("col1");
        if (myParaNum == ("Yellow")){
           mynewcol = new Color(255,255,0);
        jLabel1.setBackground(mynewcol);
     jLabel1.setOpaque(true);
        jLabel1.setText("Hello");
        contentPane.add(jLabel1, java.awt.BorderLayout.CENTER);
  private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel1;
  private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel2;
  private Color mynewcol;
  private Color mynewcol2;     
}