title: Unable to set JApplet Background Color
body: <p>My problem is that when trying to set the background color in a JApplet i'm trying to create, i am unable to get any color other than the default gray.</p>
  
  <p>I would really appreciate it if someone was able to not only tell me whats wrong but also explain it. This technique was learned through a textbook and so, i want to understand the problem so that i know what is going on.</p>
  
  <p>Any and all help is appreciated.</p>
  
  <p>Thank you in advance,</p>
  
  <p>SDG</p>
  
  <pre><code>public class QuoteApplet extends JApplet
  {
  
      public void paint (Graphics appPage)
      {
          setBackground(Color.YELLOW);
  
          appPage.drawRect(65,55,255,100);
          //page.drawRect(60,80,225,30);
          //page.drawOval(75,65, 20, 20);
          appPage.drawLine(30,30,30,100);
          appPage.drawLine(40,30,40,100);
          appPage.drawLine(55,45,15,85);
  
          appPage.drawString("There once lived a man named Oedipus Rex.", 70, 70);
          appPage.drawString("You may have heard about his odd complex.", 70, 90);
          appPage.drawString("His name appears in Freud's index,", 70, 110);
          appPage.drawString("'cause he loved his mother.", 70, 130);
          appPage.drawString("-Tom Lehrer", 200, 150);
      }
  }
  </code></pre>