X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fschemes%2FUserColourScheme.java;h=9ae14cac7145a2897e3ced7a7b226fa8b0ea301f;hb=8bb1df31c9d46763d2a3278d27d52ce69ba441b3;hp=80efaca4e85a862fa9dd15b3c4c05104246de912;hpb=ad15cff29620f960119f80176f1fd443da9f6763;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/schemes/UserColourScheme.java b/src/jalview/schemes/UserColourScheme.java
index 80efaca..9ae14ca 100755
--- a/src/jalview/schemes/UserColourScheme.java
+++ b/src/jalview/schemes/UserColourScheme.java
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@
  */
 package jalview.schemes;
 
-import java.awt.Color;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.StringTokenizer;
-
 import jalview.datamodel.AnnotatedCollectionI;
 import jalview.datamodel.SequenceCollectionI;
 import jalview.datamodel.SequenceI;
 
+import java.awt.Color;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.StringTokenizer;
+
 public class UserColourScheme extends ResidueColourScheme
 {
   Color[] lowerCaseColours;
@@ -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);
     }
 
@@ -99,8 +99,12 @@ public class UserColourScheme extends ResidueColourScheme
     return schemeName;
   }
 
-  public Color getColourFromString(String colour)
+  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;