itemStateChanged()

I'm a current student, and my homework assignment is to edit a
form that uses a BorderLayout. I'm having problems with the
itemStateChanged() method. In the method, I declare a new
integer variable that uses the getStateChange() method. However,
when I run the applet, only color yellow shows, and I can't figure out
how to solve this. Any ideas?

package buttons;

/*
	Chapter 6:	Borders
	Programmer:
	Date:
	Filename:	Borders.java
	Purpose:
*/

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class Buttons extends Frame implements ActionListener, ItemListener
{
	public Buttons()
	{
		//set the layout
		setLayout(new BorderLayout(20,5));

      	//Add buttons
      	Button red = new Button("Red");
      	Button yellow = new Button("Yellow");
      	Button cyan = new Button("Cyan");
      	Button magenta = new Button("Magenta");
      	//Button white = new Button("White");
        Choice colors = new Choice();
        colors.add("Red");
        colors.add("Yellow");
        colors.add("Cyan");
        colors.add("Magenta");
        colors.add("White");

        red.addActionListener(this);
        yellow.addActionListener(this);
        cyan.addActionListener(this);
        magenta.addActionListener(this);
        //white.addActionListener(this);
        colors.addItemListener(this);

		add(red, BorderLayout.NORTH);
		add(yellow, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
		add(cyan, BorderLayout.EAST);
		add(magenta, BorderLayout.WEST);
		//add(white, BorderLayout.CENTER);
                add(colors, BorderLayout.CENTER);



		//override the windowClosing event
		addWindowListener(
			new WindowAdapter()
				{
				public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e)
					{
					   System.exit(0);
					}
				}
		);

	}

   	public static void main(String[] args)
   	{
	   	// set frame properties
		Buttons f = new Buttons();
      	f.setTitle("Border Application");
      	f.setBounds(200,200,300,300);
	    f.setVisible(true);
            f.setBackground(Color.RED);
   }

        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
    {
            String arg = e.getActionCommand();

            if (arg == "Red")
            {
                setBackground(Color.RED);
            }
                else if (arg == "Yellow")
                {
                    setBackground(Color.YELLOW);
                }
                else if (arg == "Cyan")
                {
                    setBackground(Color.CYAN);
                }
                else if (arg == "Magenta")
                {
                    setBackground(Color.MAGENTA);
                }
            else
            {
                setBackground(Color.WHITE);
            }
        }

        public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent ie)
    {
            int arg = ie.getStateChange();

            if (arg == 0)
            {
                setBackground(Color.RED);
            }
                else if (arg == 1)
                {
                    setBackground(Color.YELLOW);
                }
                else if (arg == 2)
                {
                    setBackground(Color.CYAN);
                }
                else if (arg == 3)
                {
                    setBackground(Color.MAGENTA);
                }
            else
            {
                setBackground(Color.WHITE);
            }
        }
}

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