Java Programming

Hi,

I want to convert the english name of a color(e.g. red, blue, orange etc) to a color or coloconstant, but I can't. The color name is supposed to be taken from the suer arguement. Below is my code, but I don't know how to convert a string to ColorConstant. Any helpful input is appreciated.

import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Font;
import javax.swing.JApplet;
import javax.swing.text.StyleConstants;
import javax.swing.text.StyleConstants.ColorConstants;

/** @author Kaka */
public class DisplayMessage extends JApplet {
    @Override
    public void init() {
        // Get parameter values from the HTML file
        String fontName = null, fontColor = null;
        int fontSize = 0;
        
        String message = getParameter("MESSAGE");
        int x = Integer.parseInt(getParameter("X"));
        int y = Integer.parseInt(getParameter("Y"));
        
        fontName = getParameter("FONTNAME");
        fontColor = getParameter("COLOR").toUpperCase();
        fontSize = Integer.parseInt("FONTSIZE");
        //Color color = Color.getColor(fontColor.toUpperCase());
        // Create a message panel
        MessagePanel messagePanel = new MessagePanel(message);
        messagePanel.setXCoordinate(x);
        messagePanel.setYCoordinate(y);

        // Set the font of the message
        messagePanel.setFont(new Font(fontName, fontColor, fontSize));

        // add the message panel to the applet
        add(messagePanel);
    }
}

Thank you peace.