RESOLVED - is string a valid color ?

[illskills]

im stuck can anyone help me out there has to be a better way to determin if a string is or is not a colour ....

this is what i've found but im not using it ....

Dim mycc As New ColorConverter

  Try
                Dim lbl As New Label
                lbl.BackColor = mycc.ConvertFrom($STRING)
                IsColour = True
            Catch ex As Exception
                IsColour = False
                Return True
            End Try