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import java.awt.Color;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;

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 * PaintUtilities.java
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public class Main {
  /**
   * Converts a given string into a color.
   * 
   * @param value
   *          the string, either a name or a hex-string.
   * @return the color.
   */
  public static Color stringToColor(final String value) {
    if (value == null) {
      return Color.black;
    }
    try {
      // get color by hex or octal value
      return Color.decode(value);
    } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
      // if we can't decode lets try to get it by name
      try {
        // try to get a color by name using reflection
        final Field f = Color.class.getField(value);

        return (Color) f.get(null);
      } catch (Exception ce) {
        // if we can't get any color return black
        return Color.black;
      }
    }
  }

}

16.10.Color
	16.10.1.	java.awt.Color
	16.10.2.	Drawing with Color
	16.10.3.	To compare two Color objects you can use the equals() method
	16.10.4.	Color class is used to work with colors in Java 2D
	16.10.5.	Using the getRGB() method for comparing colors
	16.10.6.	Convert RGB to HSB
	16.10.7.	Convert HSB to RGB value
	16.10.8.	Construct Color object
	16.10.9.	Constructs several colors and draws various objects using these colors:
	16.10.10.	Java Predefined Colors
	16.10.11.	Using color with and Bit and
	16.10.12.	Color Factory
	16.10.13.	Convert an integer to an HTML RGB value
	16.10.14.	Converts a given string into a color.
	16.10.15.	HTML color and Java Color
	16.10.16.	Converts the String representation of a color to an actual Color object.
	16.10.17.	Get HTML Color String from Java Color object
	16.10.18.	Derives a color by adding the specified offsets to the base color's hue, saturation, and brightness values
	16.10.19.	Set XOR mode to color blue
	16.10.20.	Map colors into names and vice versa.