Fill in the fields of a color from a string specification.
The string can either one of a large set of standard names.
(Taken from the CSS Color specification,
or it can be a hexadecimal value in the form #rgb,
#rrggbb, #rrrgggbbb or #rrrrggggbbbb where r, g
and b are hex digits of the red, green, and blue components
of the color, respectively. (White in the four forms is
#fff, #ffffff, #fffffffff and #ffffffffffff.)
Additionally, parse strings of the form #rgba, #rrggbbaa,
#rrrrggggbbbbaaaa, if alpha is not null, and set alpha
to the value specified by the hex digits for a. If no alpha
component is found in spec, alpha is set to 0xffff (for a
solid color).
Fill in the fields of a color from a string specification.
The string can either one of a large set of standard names. (Taken from the CSS Color specification, or it can be a hexadecimal value in the form #rgb, #rrggbb, #rrrgggbbb or #rrrrggggbbbb where r, g and b are hex digits of the red, green, and blue components of the color, respectively. (White in the four forms is #fff, #ffffff, #fffffffff and #ffffffffffff.)
Additionally, parse strings of the form #rgba, #rrggbbaa, #rrrrggggbbbbaaaa, if alpha is not null, and set alpha to the value specified by the hex digits for a. If no alpha component is found in spec, alpha is set to 0xffff (for a solid color).