setBackground does not works on First time but on Second, Why?

Question

I have seen this examlpe in a book , and is working fine but the only problem coming up is that the Background Does not turns black on First Call to Paint, When clearCounter become == 5, and then the screen is Cleared and again when Painting Starts, then the Background is turned Black.

public class apletprg extends JApplet implements ActionListener 
    {
int clearCounter;
    Timer t;
public void init(){

    setBackground(Color.black);
    clearCounter = 0;
    Timer t = new Timer(1000, this);
    t.start();

}

public void paint(Graphics g)
{
    setBackground(Color.black);
    clearCounter++;
    Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;

    if (clearCounter == 5){
        g2.clearRect(0, 0, 500, 400);
        clearCounter=0;
    }

    for (int i = 1; i <= 40; i++) {
        Color c = chooseColor();
        g2.setColor(c);
        Font f = chooseFont();
        g2.setFont(f);
        drawJava(g2);
        }
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae){
repaint();
}
public Color chooseColor(){
int r= (int) (Math.random() * 255);
int g= (int) (Math.random() * 255);
int b= (int) (Math.random() * 255);
Color c = new Color(r,g,b);
return c;
}
public Font chooseFont(){

    int fontChoice = (int) (Math.random() * 4) + 1;
    Font f = null;
    switch (fontChoice) {
    case 1: f = new Font("Serif", Font.BOLD + Font.ITALIC, 20);break;
    case 2: f = new Font("SansSerif", Font.PLAIN, 17);break;
    case 3: f = new Font("Monospaced", Font.ITALIC, 23);break;
    case 4: f = new Font("Dialog", Font.ITALIC, 30);break;
    }
    return f;

}
public void drawJava(Graphics2D g2){
    int x = (int) (Math.random() * 500);
    int y = (int) (Math.random() * 400);
    g2.drawString("Adnan", x, y);   
}
}

I Know that the Init () is called only once at the Start , but Why is that not able to change the Background at start?

Answer 1

Resolved the ProbleBy Just Adding One more Variable and Calling the ClearRect() at the Start of painting and to ensure that This will be Called only once , by the Help of Newly Added Variable.

public void init(){

    setBackground(Color.black);
    clearCounter = 0;

    Timer t = new Timer(1000, this);
    t.start();
    check = 0;   <------------ New Variable


}
public void paint(Graphics g)
{
    if (check==0){
        g.clearRect(0, 0, 500, 400);   <------------ To Ensure That it will Excute Only Once , beacuse check is incremented later in Code
    }



    clearCounter++;
    check++;
    Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;

    if (clearCounter == 5){
        g2.clearRect(0, 0, 500, 400);
        clearCounter=0;
    }

    for (int i = 1; i <= 40; i++) {
        Color c = chooseColor();
        g2.setColor(c);
        Font f = chooseFont();
        g2.setFont(f);
        drawJava(g2);
        }
}