Method getColor

ij/src/main/java/ij/plugin/Colors.java:113–134

For named colors, converts the name String to the corresponding color. Returns 'defaultColor' if the color has no name. Use 'decode' to also decode hex color names like "#ffff00"

(String name, Color defaultColor)

	 *  Returns 'defaultColor' if the color has no name.
	 *  Use 'decode' to also decode hex color names like "#ffff00" */
	public static Color getColor(String name, Color defaultColor) {
		if (name==null || name.length()<2)
			return defaultColor;
		name = name.toLowerCase(Locale.US);
		Color c = defaultColor;
		if (name.contains(colors[7])) c = Color.black;
		else if (name.contains(colors[8]))  c = Color.white;
		else if (name.contains(colors[0]))  c = Color.red;
		else if (name.contains(colors[2]))  c = Color.blue;
		else if (name.contains(colors[5]))  c = Color.yellow;
		else if (name.contains(colors[1]))  c = Color.green;
		else if (name.contains(colors[3]))  c = Color.magenta;
		else if (name.contains(colors[4]))  c = Color.cyan;
		else if (name.contains(colors[6]))  c = Color.orange;
		else if (name.contains(colors[12])) c = Color.pink;
		else if (name.contains(colors[9]) || name.contains("grey")) { //gray or grey
			if (name.contains("light"))     c = Color.lightGray;
			else if (name.contains("dark")) c = Color.darkGray;
			else                            c = Color.gray;
		}
		return c;
	}

	/** Converts a String with the color name or the hexadecimal representation
	 *  of a color with 6 or 8 hex digits to a Color.