How to change the colour of JTextArea when it is not editable?

Question

When I make JTextArea to display text but not edit it. It will become blue and not visible clearly. How to change the colour of JTextArea when it is not editable?

Answer 1

Try to use this:

JTextArea a = new JTextArea("test");
a.setEnabled(false);
a.setDisabledTextColor(Color.red);