n.b I am using a Canvas3D object to display the graph.
With Java3D, you will also be using the Sun OpenGL extensions... I found
this in the source for GLUT, which is part of Mesa, which is a similar (
compatible ) 3D library...
From: glut_cmap.c (C) Mark J Kilgard
/* Solaris 2.4 and 2.5 have a bug in their
XmuLookupStandardColormap implementations. [ ... ]
Solaris 2.4 and 2.5 create a corrupted RGB_DEFAULT_MAP
property. Note that this [ ... ] prevents Colormap
sharing between applications, perhaps leading
unnecessary colormap installations or colormap flashing.
Sun fixed this bug in Solaris 2.6. */
HTH
James