Merge branch 'develop' into update_212_Dec_merge_with_21125_chamges

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / util / ColorUtils.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/util/ColorUtils.java b/src/jalview/util/ColorUtils.java
index 5db333f..008c8b0 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jalview/util/ColorUtils.java
+++ b/src/jalview/util/ColorUtils.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import java.util.Random;
 public class ColorUtils
 {
   private static final int MAX_CACHE_SIZE = 1729;
+
   /*
    * a cache for colours generated from text strings
    */
@@ -221,12 +222,15 @@ public class ColorUtils
     colour = colour.trim();
 
     Color col = null;
-    try
-    {
-      int value = Integer.parseInt(colour, 16);
-      col = new Color(value);
-    } catch (NumberFormatException ex)
+    if (StringUtils.isHexString(colour))
     {
+      try
+      {
+        int value = Integer.parseInt(colour, 16);
+        col = new Color(value);
+      } catch (NumberFormatException ex)
+      {
+      }
     }
 
     if (col == null)