[RESOLVED] Problems loading .backcolor using color codes

I've some pictureboxes where I select the color from a colordialog and then I save the color in a settings.ini file.
When I load the program, the instruction Form1_Shown loads the colors from the settings.ini file.

When I save the colors to the ini file I transform then from System.Drawing.Color to a String (hex).
The problem when loading the colors is that some colors are loaded correctly and others no. The other pictureboxes controls don't change the color.

System.Drawing.Color to Hex

Code:

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Private Function ColorConversion(colorObj As System.Drawing.Color) As String
        Return "#" & Hex(colorObj.R) & Hex(colorObj.G) & Hex(colorObj.B)
End Function

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Hex to System.Drawing.Color (for loading the colors in the picboxes)

Code:

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PictureBox1.BackColor = System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#FFFFFF")

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in the ini file I've seen that some color codes in hex are less than 6 characters long:
#FF00, #0FF0

Don't use Hex. You're using VB.NET so use VB.NET:

Code:

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Private Function ColorConversion(colorObj As System.Drawing.Color) As String
    Return String.Format("#{0:X2}{1:X2}{2:X2}", colorObj.R, colorObj.G, colorObj.B)
End Function

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Why bother with hex? Color has methods for converting to and from integers.
Example

Code:

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        Dim foo As Color = Color.MistyRose
        'convert to string for saving
        Dim fooAsString As String = foo.ToArgb.ToString

        'convert string back to color from stored integer
        foo = Color.FromArgb(Integer.Parse(fooAsString))

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Works good, thanks.