// create a new basic color picker dialog // this will block the thread until the user clicks Ok or closes the dialog Color selected = ColorPicker.showDialog(String title, Color initialColor); // create a new customized color picker dialog Color selected = ColorPicker.showDialog(String title, String textOk, String textCancel, Dimension size, Color initialColor);

// create a new color picker panel ColorPicker cp = new ColorPicker(Color initialColor); // add it to a JPanel (or any other swing component) myJPanel.add(cp); // add change listener cp.addColorListener(new ColorListener() { @Override public void onColorChanged(Color color) { // do what you want myJPanel.setBackground(color);	} }); // or simply get the selected color Color myColor = cp.getColor();