How to change the node colours of Swimlanes

Question

I am trying to draw a swimlane diagram. I want to change the default coloring including the background of the main swimlanes which is currently blue. Properties gives the opportunity to change the background color for the top row  and the second row and the line color only. Not the main background color.

Answer 1

All swimlane colors may be changed through yEd's properties view or its properties dialog:

If you switch "Lane Style" from "Rows" to "Columns", the lane colors will be applied to columns instead of rows (and the lane header colors switch accordingly).