title: Java Swing Applet- Cant set background color
body: <p>Im new to Swing, first of all. Im trying to set the background color of an audio recording applet to make it blend with my webpage (white instead of the default grey), but the change never seems to take. Heres the applet initialization...</p>
  
  <pre><code>public void init()
  {
      setLayout(null);
      setBackground(Color.white);
      JLabel recorder = new JLabel("Record");
      JLabel fileName = new JLabel("Please Enter File Name");
      JLabel status = new JLabel("Status...");
      fnametxt = new JTextField("FileNameHere");
      statustxt = new JTextField("");
      record = new JButton("Record");
      play = new JButton("Play");
      pause = new JButton("Pause");
      stop = new JButton("Stop");
      send = new JButton("Upload");
      listen = new JButton("Listen");
      save = new JButton("Save and Submit");
  //A bunch of other stuff, event listeners and whatnot.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Im using no layout managers, Im setting all the positions manually. Any ideas?</p>