diff --git a/java/examples/Topics/Advanced Data/HashMapClass/HashMapClass.pde b/java/examples/Topics/Advanced Data/HashMapClass/HashMapClass.pde
index c320455d6..966641e24 100644
--- a/java/examples/Topics/Advanced Data/HashMapClass/HashMapClass.pde	
+++ b/java/examples/Topics/Advanced Data/HashMapClass/HashMapClass.pde	
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
  * offer a simpler way of pairing Strings with numbers or other Strings.
  * Here we use a HashMap because we want to pair a String with a custom
  * object, in this case a "Word" object that stores two numbers.
+ *
+ * In this example, words that appear in one book (Dracula) only are colored white 
+ * while words the other (Frankenstein) are colored black.
  */
 
 // The next line is needed if running in JavaScript Mode with Processing.js
@@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ void setup() {
 }
 
 void draw() {
-  background(0);
+  background(126);
   
   // Show words
   for (Word w : words.values()) {
diff --git a/java/examples/Topics/Advanced Data/HashMapClass/Word.pde b/java/examples/Topics/Advanced Data/HashMapClass/Word.pde
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 9fcb743fe..ed4302c88
--- a/java/examples/Topics/Advanced Data/HashMapClass/Word.pde	
+++ b/java/examples/Topics/Advanced Data/HashMapClass/Word.pde	
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class Word {
   
   // The more often it appears, the faster it falls
   void move() {
-    float speed = map(totalCount,5,25,0.1,3);
+    float speed = map(totalCount, 5, 25, 0.1, 0.4);
     speed = constrain(speed,0,10);
     position.y += speed;
 
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ class Word {
   // Depending on which book it gets a color
   void display() {
     if (countDracula > 0) {
-      fill(121, 0, 31);
+      fill(255);
     } 
     else if (countFranken > 0) {
-      fill(33, 72, 122);
+      fill(0);
     }
     // Its size is also tied to number of occurences
     float fs = map(totalCount,5,25,2,24);
diff --git a/java/examples/Topics/Advanced Data/HashMapClass/data/Georgia.ttf b/java/examples/Topics/Advanced Data/HashMapClass/data/Georgia.ttf
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/java/examples/Topics/Advanced Data/HashMapClass/data/dracula.txt b/java/examples/Topics/Advanced Data/HashMapClass/data/dracula.txt
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/java/examples/Topics/Advanced Data/HashMapClass/data/frankenstein.txt b/java/examples/Topics/Advanced Data/HashMapClass/data/frankenstein.txt
old mode 100644
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