X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fschemes%2FFeatureColour.java;h=dbe4901c90a507c48ec0854ff1bca9c6573f41d6;hb=11b2e9b16c3bb93d8788c2bc5d5654f6163402e6;hp=70897de4ffd6c56db7f3f78ee29eaec0bf6d9ccc;hpb=b0cee3aaf7d8873910939f97b6acb217d518968d;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/schemes/FeatureColour.java b/src/jalview/schemes/FeatureColour.java
index 70897de..dbe4901 100644
--- a/src/jalview/schemes/FeatureColour.java
+++ b/src/jalview/schemes/FeatureColour.java
@@ -213,9 +213,9 @@ public class FeatureColour implements FeatureColourI
     FeatureColour featureColour;
     try
     {
-      featureColour = new FeatureColour(
-              new UserColourScheme(mincol).findColour(),
-              new UserColourScheme(maxcol).findColour(), min, max);
+      Color minColour = ColorUtils.parseColourString(mincol);
+      Color maxColour = ColorUtils.parseColourString(maxcol);
+      featureColour = new FeatureColour(minColour, maxColour, min, max);
       featureColour.setColourByLabel(labelColour);
       featureColour.setAutoScaled(autoScaled);
       // add in any additional parameters
@@ -307,6 +307,14 @@ public class FeatureColour implements FeatureColourI
    */
   public FeatureColour(Color low, Color high, float min, float max)
   {
+    if (low == null)
+    {
+      low = Color.white;
+    }
+    if (high == null)
+    {
+      high = Color.black;
+    }
     graduatedColour = true;
     colour = null;
     minColour = low;