Custom style for menu items

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import sys

from PyQt5.QtCore import *
from PyQt5.QtGui import *
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *


class MainWindow(QMainWindow):

    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        super().__init__(parent)

        self.setWindowTitle("Custom Menu Item")

        availableGeometry = self.screen().availableGeometry()
        self.resize(640, 480)
        self.move( int((availableGeometry.width() - self.width()) / 2), int((availableGeometry.height() - self.height()) / 2))

        action1 = QAction("QAction Item 1", self)

        action2 = QAction("QAction Item 2", self)
        action2.setCheckable(True)

        action3 = QAction("QAction Item 3", self)


        checkBox = QCheckBox("QWidgetAction", self)
        checkBox.setStyleSheet("background-color: tomato;")

        widgetAction = QWidgetAction(self)
        widgetAction.setDefaultWidget(checkBox);


        menu = self.menuBar().addMenu("Menu")
        menu.addAction(action1)
        menu.addAction(action2)
        menu.addAction(widgetAction)
        menu.addAction(action3)


if __name__ == "__main__":

    app = QApplication(sys.argv)

    window = MainWindow()
    window.show()

    sys.exit(app.exec_())

How to get a menu item with custom background color?

The QWidgetAction item should have the same behavior and style like all others QAction items.
Only the background color is different.

How to do that?

Thanks