I think with the help of complicated JLabel,
if you will use Components, then there is no need to redefine NimbusDefaultsor Painter,
Sorry, I have no idea to play with Nimbusand NimbusDefaultsand Renderer, because I have another favorite L&F please read more about Look and Feels
(without overriding NimbusDefaults from JCheckBox this problem is solved several times in this forum)

import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.table.*;
public class TablePrepareRenderer extends JFrame {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private JTable table;
public TablePrepareRenderer() {
Object[] columnNames = {"Type", "Company", "Shares", "Price", "Boolean"};
Object[][] data = {
{"Buy", "IBM", new Integer(1000), new Double(80.50), false},
{"Sell", "MicroSoft", new Integer(2000), new Double(6.25), true},
{"Sell", "Apple", new Integer(3000), new Double(7.35), true},
{"Buy", "Nortel", new Integer(4000), new Double(20.00), false}
};
DefaultTableModel model = new DefaultTableModel(data, columnNames) {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@Override
public Class getColumnClass(int column) {
return getValueAt(0, column).getClass();
}
};
table = new JTable(model) {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@Override
public Component prepareRenderer(TableCellRenderer renderer, int row, int column) {
Component c = super.prepareRenderer(renderer, row, column);
int firstRow = 0;
int lastRow = table.getRowCount() - 1;
if (row == lastRow) {
((JComponent) c).setBackground(Color.red);
} else if (row == firstRow) {
((JComponent) c).setBackground(Color.blue);
} else {
((JComponent) c).setBackground(table.getBackground());
}
return c;
}
};
table.setPreferredScrollableViewportSize(table.getPreferredSize());
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(table);
getContentPane().add(scrollPane);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel("com.sun.java.swing.plaf.nimbus.NimbusLookAndFeel");
} catch (Exception fail) {
}
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
TablePrepareRenderer frame = new TablePrepareRenderer();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
}
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