Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/dialogs/LayerListDialog.java
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/dialogs/LayerListDialog.java	(revision 13980)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/dialogs/LayerListDialog.java	(revision 13984)
@@ -13,5 +13,4 @@
 import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
 import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
-import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent;
 import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;
@@ -395,6 +394,5 @@
 
     static ImageIcon createBlankIcon() {
-        return new ImageIcon(new BufferedImage(
-                ImageSizes.LAYER.getAdjustedWidth(), ImageSizes.LAYER.getAdjustedHeight(), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB));
+        return ImageProvider.createBlankIcon(ImageSizes.LAYER);
     }
 
Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/tools/ImageProvider.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/tools/ImageProvider.java	(revision 13980)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/tools/ImageProvider.java	(revision 13984)
@@ -2027,4 +2027,14 @@
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates a blank icon of the given size.
+     * @param size image size
+     * @return a blank icon of the given size
+     * @since 13984
+     */
+    public static ImageIcon createBlankIcon(ImageSizes size) {
+        return new ImageIcon(new BufferedImage(size.getAdjustedWidth(), size.getAdjustedHeight(), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB));
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String toString() {