colors

[newsham lava net (Tim Newsham)]

Hi,

    I have several widgets I made which allocate their own colors.
Is this a bad idea?  Would it be better to use a style file some
how to designate colors, and if so, how is this done?

Also, I want to change the background color of a window that I create.
What is the proper way to do this?

                                        Tim N.