X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fschemes%2FUserColourScheme.java;h=9ae14cac7145a2897e3ced7a7b226fa8b0ea301f;hb=8fea25daa8f1f1cc564497ddf4e3c9e15a64596c;hp=b1e4d589f2ad671bbb68559ed50544f34aca5643;hpb=26ba864a6c290121fe6cf616794d2d0bea65fb7d;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/schemes/UserColourScheme.java b/src/jalview/schemes/UserColourScheme.java
index b1e4d58..9ae14ca 100755
--- a/src/jalview/schemes/UserColourScheme.java
+++ b/src/jalview/schemes/UserColourScheme.java
@@ -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;
@@ -136,7 +140,7 @@ public class UserColourScheme extends ResidueColourScheme
 
   }
 
-  public Color createColourFromName(String name)
+  public static Color createColourFromName(String name)
   {
     int r, g, b;