X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fschemes%2FUserColourScheme.java;h=9ae14cac7145a2897e3ced7a7b226fa8b0ea301f;hb=8fea25daa8f1f1cc564497ddf4e3c9e15a64596c;hp=249820828f9d1ce0dac9f67f7f0f890c3f00a677;hpb=0b1c761dfaa8242f122cf868e8897a06ec6eb727;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/schemes/UserColourScheme.java b/src/jalview/schemes/UserColourScheme.java
index 2498208..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);
     }
 
@@ -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;