You can use JComponent#putClientProperty(Object key, Object value) and this method could be used for multiple properties in one JComponent.
You might want to investigate the use of different Look and Feels. This will allow you to change pretty much any properties of your components, and you can even change the loof & feel dynamically at runtime.
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