Image background color

[ramnna jain]

I am trying the below code to draw image with setting background color white.
The generated image is an image with black background.

How to overcome this problem?

   
BufferedImage bfimg = new BufferedImage(154, 129, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
Graphics2D gph = bfimg.createGraphics();
gph.setBackground(new Color(255,255,255));
gph.drawImage(smallBfimg, xCord, yCord, null);
gph.dispose();

[ramnna jain]

I tried and getting desired result:

    
BufferedImage bfimg = new BufferedImage(154, 129, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB); 
Graphics2D gph = bfimg.createGraphics(); 
gph.setBackground(new Color(255,255,255));
gph.fillRect(0, 0, 154, 129);//--------------------------- I added this line in the code and getting desired result.
gph.drawImage(smallBfimg, xCord, yCord, null);
gph.dispose();

[pete stein]

I'm no expert in graphics, but I would think that Graphics#clearRect(int x, int y, int width, int height) would be a better choice for filling a region with a background color.