CardMaker.XML.ProjectLayoutElement.TranslateColorString C# (CSharp) Method

        public static Color TranslateColorString(string sColor)
        {
            if (null != sColor)
            {
                if (sColor.StartsWith(COLOR_HEX_STR, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))
                {
                    sColor = sColor.Remove(0, 2);
                }

                Color colorByName = Color.FromName(sColor);
                // no named color will be set this way
                if (colorByName.A != 0)
                {
                    return colorByName;
                }

                try
                {
                    switch (sColor.Length)
                    {
                        case 6: //0xRGB
                            return Color.FromArgb(
                                Math.Min(255,
                                    Int32.Parse(sColor.Substring(0, 2), System.Globalization.NumberStyles.HexNumber)),
                                Math.Min(255,
                                    Int32.Parse(sColor.Substring(2, 2), System.Globalization.NumberStyles.HexNumber)),
                                Math.Min(255,
                                    Int32.Parse(sColor.Substring(4, 2), System.Globalization.NumberStyles.HexNumber)));
                        case 8: //0xRGBA
                            return Color.FromArgb(
                                Math.Min(255,
                                    Int32.Parse(sColor.Substring(6, 2), System.Globalization.NumberStyles.HexNumber)),
                                Math.Min(255,
                                    Int32.Parse(sColor.Substring(0, 2), System.Globalization.NumberStyles.HexNumber)),
                                Math.Min(255,
                                    Int32.Parse(sColor.Substring(2, 2), System.Globalization.NumberStyles.HexNumber)),
                                Math.Min(255,
                                    Int32.Parse(sColor.Substring(4, 2), System.Globalization.NumberStyles.HexNumber)));
                        case 9: //RGB
                            return Color.FromArgb(
                                Math.Min(255, Int32.Parse(sColor.Substring(0, 3))),
                                Math.Min(255, Int32.Parse(sColor.Substring(3, 3))),
                                Math.Min(255, Int32.Parse(sColor.Substring(6, 3))));
                        case 12: //RGBA
                            return Color.FromArgb(
                                Math.Min(255, Int32.Parse(sColor.Substring(9, 3))),
                                Math.Min(255, Int32.Parse(sColor.Substring(0, 3))),
                                Math.Min(255, Int32.Parse(sColor.Substring(3, 3))),
                                Math.Min(255, Int32.Parse(sColor.Substring(6, 3))));
                    }
                }
                catch (Exception)
                {
                    Logger.AddLogLine("Unsupported color string found: " + sColor);
                }

            }
            return Color.Black;
        }