How to set a background color of a Table Cell using iText?

Question

While it is of course possible to use BaseColor, by default, it offers very limited choices.

I wonder how can i add my own custom color to the document?

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        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(3);

        PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("some clever text"));
        cell.setBackgroundColor(BaseColor.GREEN);
        table.addCell(cell);
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Answer 1

Posting, in hopes someone else will find this response useful.

It seems one can create a new BaseColor from WebColor as:

BaseColor myColor = WebColors.GetRGBColor("#A00000");

Which then can be added as a background as:

cell.setBackgroundColor(myColor);