public Hashtable colorsTable(){
		Hashtable candidateInfo = new Hashtable();

		DBFTable candTable = dataModel.getCandidates();
		DBFTable partyTable = dataModel.getParties();
		//partyTable indexes
		// These indexes are to find the field index of the colors in the party DBFTable
		int partyIndex = partyTable.getFieldIndex("PARTY");
		int redIndex = partyTable.getFieldIndex(dataModel.RED_FIELD);
		int greenIndex = partyTable.getFieldIndex(dataModel.GREEN_FIELD);
		int blueIndex = partyTable.getFieldIndex(dataModel.BLUE_FIELD);

		//candTable indexes
		int candPartyIndex = candTable.getFieldIndex("PARTY");
		int candidateIndex = candTable.getFieldIndex(dataModel.CANDIDATE_FIELD);

		Iterator<DBFRecord> candIt = candTable.recordsIterator();
		while (candIt.hasNext())
		{
			//this goes through the candidate's table and gets their name and their party
			DBFRecord candRecord = candIt.next();
			String candidate = (String)candRecord.getData(candidateIndex);
			String party = (String)candRecord.getData(candPartyIndex);

			//this goes through the party table to get the colors to store into the hashtable
			Iterator<DBFRecord> partyIt = partyTable.recordsIterator();
			while (partyIt.hasNext()){
				DBFRecord partyRecord = partyIt.next();
				String currentParty = (String)partyRecord.getData(0);
				if(party.equals(currentParty)){
					ArrayList colors = new ArrayList(3);
					colors.add(0,partyRecord.getData(redIndex));
					colors.add(1,partyRecord.getData(greenIndex));
					colors.add(2,partyRecord.getData(blueIndex));
					candidateInfo.put(candidate, colors);
				}
			}
		}
		return candidateInfo;
	}