From 223fc4baf5d7a97917755fe0c96c966aad71e6e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: amwaterhouse <Andrew Waterhouse>
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 16:16:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] createColourFromName

---
 src/jalview/schemes/UserColourScheme.java |   29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/jalview/schemes/UserColourScheme.java b/src/jalview/schemes/UserColourScheme.java
index 4b963fe..5f377b3 100755
--- a/src/jalview/schemes/UserColourScheme.java
+++ b/src/jalview/schemes/UserColourScheme.java
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ public class UserColourScheme
 {
   protected String schemeName;
 
+  public UserColourScheme()
+  {}
+
   public UserColourScheme(String colour)
   {
     Color col = null;
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ public class UserColourScheme
     if(col==null)
     {
       System.out.println("Unknown colour!! "+colour);
+      col = createColourFromName(colour);
     }
 
     colors = new Color[24];
@@ -75,4 +79,29 @@ public class UserColourScheme
   {
     return schemeName;
   }
+
+  public Color createColourFromName(String name)
+  {
+    int r, g, b;
+
+    int lsize = name.length();
+    int start = 0, end = lsize / 3;
+
+    int rgbOffset = Math.abs(name.hashCode() % 10) * 15;
+
+    r = Math.abs(name.substring(start, end).hashCode() + rgbOffset) % 210 + 20;
+    start = end;
+    end += lsize / 3;
+    if (end > lsize)
+      end = lsize;
+
+    g = Math.abs(name.substring(start, end).hashCode() + rgbOffset) % 210 + 20;
+
+    b = Math.abs(name.substring(end).hashCode() + rgbOffset) % 210 + 20;
+
+    Color color = new Color(r, g, b);
+
+    return color;
+  }
+
 }
-- 
1.7.10.2