private static final String[] COLOR_WORDS=      {"white",        "light_gray",   "gray",        "dark_gray", "black",  "red",      "pink",         "orange",     "yellow",     "green",    "magenta",    "cyan",       "blue"};
    private static final int[][] COLOR_WORD_VALUES={{255, 255, 255},{192, 192, 192},{128, 128, 128},{64, 64, 64},{0, 0, 0},{255, 0, 0},{255, 175, 175},{255, 200, 0},{255, 255, 0},{0, 255, 0},{255, 0, 255},{0, 255, 255},{0, 0, 255}};

    public static Color parseColor(String s){
        if(s==null||s.length()<4)return Color.WHITE;
        int[] color;

        if(s.charAt(0)=='#'){

            color=new int[]{255,255,255,255};
            s=s.substring(1);

            switch(s.length()){
            case 3://RGB
                color[0]=Integer.parseInt(s.charAt(0)+""+s.charAt(0), 16);
                color[1]=Integer.parseInt(s.charAt(1)+""+s.charAt(1), 16);
                color[2]=Integer.parseInt(s.charAt(2)+""+s.charAt(2), 16);
            break;
            case 4://RGBA
                color[0]=Integer.parseInt(s.charAt(0)+""+s.charAt(0), 16);
                color[1]=Integer.parseInt(s.charAt(1)+""+s.charAt(1), 16);
                color[2]=Integer.parseInt(s.charAt(2)+""+s.charAt(2), 16);
                color[3]=Integer.parseInt(s.charAt(3)+""+s.charAt(3), 16);
            break;
            case 6://RRGGBB
                color[0]=Integer.parseInt(s.substring(0, 1), 16);
                color[1]=Integer.parseInt(s.substring(2, 3), 16);
                color[2]=Integer.parseInt(s.substring(4, 5), 16);
            break;
            case 8://RRGGBBAA
                color[0]=Integer.parseInt(s.substring(0, 1), 16);
                color[1]=Integer.parseInt(s.substring(2, 3), 16);
                color[2]=Integer.parseInt(s.substring(4, 5), 16);
                color[3]=Integer.parseInt(s.substring(6, 7), 16);
            break;
            }
        }else{
            int id=ArrayUtils.indexOf(COLOR_WORDS, s);
            if(id!=-1)color=COLOR_WORD_VALUES[id];
            else color=new int[]{255,255,255,255};
        }

        return new Color(color[0], color[1], color[2], color[3]);
    }