static Color stringToColor(String str){
  Color color;
  if (str == null) {
    return null;
  }
  if (str.length() == 0)   color=Color.black;
 else   if (str.startsWith("rgb(")) {
    color=parseRGB(str);
  }
 else   if (str.charAt(0) == '#')   color=hexToColor(str);
 else   if (str.equalsIgnoreCase("Black"))   color=hexToColor("#000000");
 else   if (str.equalsIgnoreCase("Silver"))   color=hexToColor("#C0C0C0");
 else   if (str.equalsIgnoreCase("Gray"))   color=hexToColor("#808080");
 else   if (str.equalsIgnoreCase("White"))   color=hexToColor("#FFFFFF");
 else   if (str.equalsIgnoreCase("Maroon"))   color=hexToColor("#800000");
 else   if (str.equalsIgnoreCase("Red"))   color=hexToColor("#FF0000");
 else   if (str.equalsIgnoreCase("Purple"))   color=hexToColor("#800080");
 else   if (str.equalsIgnoreCase("Fuchsia"))   color=hexToColor("#FF00FF");
 else   if (str.equalsIgnoreCase("Green"))   color=hexToColor("#008000");
 else   if (str.equalsIgnoreCase("Lime"))   color=hexToColor("#00FF00");
 else   if (str.equalsIgnoreCase("Olive"))   color=hexToColor("#808000");
 else   if (str.equalsIgnoreCase("Yellow"))   color=hexToColor("#FFFF00");
 else   if (str.equalsIgnoreCase("Navy"))   color=hexToColor("#000080");
 else   if (str.equalsIgnoreCase("Blue"))   color=hexToColor("#0000FF");
 else   if (str.equalsIgnoreCase("Teal"))   color=hexToColor("#008080");
 else   if (str.equalsIgnoreCase("Aqua"))   color=hexToColor("#00FFFF");
 else   if (str.equalsIgnoreCase("Orange"))   color=hexToColor("#FF8000");
 else   color=hexToColor(str);
  return color;
}

static Color stringToColor ( String str ) { Color color ; if ( str == null ) { return null ; } if ( str . length ( ) == 0 ) color = Color . black ; else if ( str . startsWith ( "rgb(" ) ) { color = parseRGB ( str ) ; } else if ( str . charAt ( 0 ) == '#' ) color = hexToColor ( str ) ; else if ( str . equalsIgnoreCase ( "Black" ) ) color = hexToColor ( "#000000" ) ; else if ( str . equalsIgnoreCase ( "Silver" ) ) color = hexToColor ( "#C0C0C0" ) ; else if ( str . equalsIgnoreCase ( "Gray" ) ) color = hexToColor ( "#808080" ) ; else if ( str . equalsIgnoreCase ( "White" ) ) color = hexToColor ( "#FFFFFF" ) ; else if ( str . equalsIgnoreCase ( "Maroon" ) ) color = hexToColor ( "#800000" ) ; else if ( str . equalsIgnoreCase ( "Red" ) ) color = hexToColor ( "#FF0000" ) ; else if ( str . equalsIgnoreCase ( "Purple" ) ) color = hexToColor ( "#800080" ) ; else if ( str . equalsIgnoreCase ( "Fuchsia" ) ) color = hexToColor ( "#FF00FF" ) ; else if ( str . equalsIgnoreCase ( "Green" ) ) color = hexToColor ( "#008000" ) ; else if ( str . equalsIgnoreCase ( "Lime" ) ) color = hexToColor ( "#00FF00" ) ; else if ( str . equalsIgnoreCase ( "Olive" ) ) color = hexToColor ( "#808000" ) ; else if ( str . equalsIgnoreCase ( "Yellow" ) ) color = hexToColor ( "#FFFF00" ) ; else if ( str . equalsIgnoreCase ( "Navy" ) ) color = hexToColor ( "#000080" ) ; else if ( str . equalsIgnoreCase ( "Blue" ) ) color = hexToColor ( "#0000FF" ) ; else if ( str . equalsIgnoreCase ( "Teal" ) ) color = hexToColor ( "#008080" ) ; else if ( str . equalsIgnoreCase ( "Aqua" ) ) color = hexToColor ( "#00FFFF" ) ; else if ( str . equalsIgnoreCase ( "Orange" ) ) color = hexToColor ( "#FF8000" ) ; else color = hexToColor ( str ) ; return color ; }
convert a color string such as " red " or " # nnnnnn " or " rgb ( r , g , b ) " to a color .
