private static void helperField(Grid_3x5 grid, Color theColor) {
		//We want to paint the whole flag this one color.  To do
		//  this we can iterate through each row, and within that
		//  row iterate through each column.  At each position, 
		//  we'll set the color there to the one passed in.
		//The background color of a flag is known as the field 
		//  in the world of vexillology.
		for (int row=0; row<grid.getHt(); row++) {
			for (int col=0; col<grid.getWd(); col++) {
				grid.setColor(row, col, theColor);
			}
		}
	}