From: Ben Soares <b.soares@dundee.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2023 11:02:32 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: JAL-4353 Add a 'random' colour to produce a random colour.
X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?p=jalview.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=7cef06600140ffeb5a989117113d510742b9aa5e

JAL-4353 Add a 'random' colour to produce a random colour.
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diff --git a/src/jalview/util/ColorUtils.java b/src/jalview/util/ColorUtils.java
index 9ed98bd..e9c66bd 100644
--- a/src/jalview/util/ColorUtils.java
+++ b/src/jalview/util/ColorUtils.java
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@
 
 package jalview.util;
 
-import java.util.Locale;
-
 import java.awt.Color;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Random;
 
@@ -234,6 +233,15 @@ public class ColorUtils
     colour = colour.trim();
 
     Color col = null;
+
+    if ("random".equals(colour))
+    {
+      Random rand = new Random();
+      col = new Color(rand.nextInt(256), rand.nextInt(256),
+              rand.nextInt(256));
+      return col;
+    }
+
     try
     {
       int value = Integer.parseInt(colour, 16);