Merge branch 'develop' into features/JAL-2094_colourInterface

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / schemes / UserColourScheme.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/schemes/UserColourScheme.java b/src/jalview/schemes/UserColourScheme.java
index 2498208..9ae14ca 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/jalview/schemes/UserColourScheme.java
+++ b/src/jalview/schemes/UserColourScheme.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class UserColourScheme extends ResidueColourScheme
 
     if (col == null)
     {
-      System.out.println("Unknown colour!! " + colour);
+      System.out.println("Making colour from name: " + colour);
       col = createColourFromName(colour);
     }
 
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ public class UserColourScheme extends ResidueColourScheme
 
   public static Color getColourFromString(String colour)
   {
+    if (colour == null)
+    {
+      return null;
+    }
     colour = colour.trim();
 
     Color col = null;