Swing - colored text in Combo Box?

Hello!
I'm playing around with swing, and i would like to display a "coloured" list in my combobox. The user can select "red","green" and so one. "Red" should be written in red, "green" in green..
Is this possible??
I can only change the color of the whole list, with "myComboBox.setForeground(Color.red)"...
Cheers

You should provide a new Renderer for your combo box. look at the javax.swing.ListCellRenderer interface

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