X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fschemes%2FUserColourScheme.java;h=9ae14cac7145a2897e3ced7a7b226fa8b0ea301f;hb=8c9072337270d0e4c26c569346d5ba1f829e08d3;hp=92989fbfe3f5a51abec8d2f4389e3eb080cae161;hpb=4d7f98a6dd54d9863ba449ec79dcd95d25ed863d;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/schemes/UserColourScheme.java b/src/jalview/schemes/UserColourScheme.java
index 92989fb..9ae14ca 100755
--- 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);
     }
 
@@ -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;