textArea.setSize(new Dimension(10, 10));
textArea.doLayout();
// Print the textarea to an image
Image image = new BufferedImage(textArea.getSize().width, textArea.getSize().height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
textArea.printAll(image.getGraphics());
// Grab appropriate pixels to get the color
PixelGrabber pixelGrabber = new PixelGrabber(image, 5, 5, 1, 1, pixels, 0, 1);
try {
pixelGrabber.grabPixels();