private static int[] makeGradientPallet() { BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(100, 1, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB); Graphics2D g2 = image.createGraphics(); Point2D start = new Point2D.Float(0f, 0f); Point2D end = new Point2D.Float(99f, 0f); float[] dist = {0f, .5f, 1f}; Color[] colors = {Color.RED, Color.YELLOW, Color.GREEN}; g2.setPaint(new LinearGradientPaint(start, end, dist, colors)); g2.fillRect(0, 0, 100, 1); g2.dispose(); int width = image.getWidth(null); int[] pallet = new int[width]; PixelGrabber pg = new PixelGrabber(image, 0, 0, width, 1, pallet, 0, width); try { pg.grabPixels(); } catch (InterruptedException ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); } return pallet; }