IlvReliefLabel appears completely black

Question

Why does my IlvReliefLabel appear completely black?

Answer

This is an unfortunate consequence of the default colors used when you create a new relief label. In fact, the edges and text are actually there, but everything is black.

You can fix this by changing the background color of the relief label:

  IlvReliefLabel reliefLbl = new IlvReliefLabel(rect, "Test"); 

reliefLbl.setBackground(new Color(176, 196, 222));