I'm writing my own ListCellRenderer for a JList, and I seem to be
running into a problem.

The code below (in getListCellRendererComponent) is supposed to (or so
I am told) appropriately change the color of the selected item so it
stands out (and conforms to a user's preferences, etc).  However, when
I actually set the JList's ListCellRenderer to my custom renderer,
nothing happens to the background color or the foreground color.  Can
anyone explain why?

     if (isSelected) {
        setBackground(list.getSelectionBackground());
        setForeground(list.getSelectionForeground());
     } else {
        setBackground(list.getBackground());
        setForeground(list.getForeground());
     }