diff -r 082b64a5c699 -r 8546e2181a73 annot-server/static/js/app.js
--- a/annot-server/static/js/app.js	Thu Jan 22 07:04:42 2015 +0100
+++ b/annot-server/static/js/app.js	Thu Jan 22 08:07:09 2015 +0100
@@ -35,14 +35,9 @@
                 );
             }
 
-            function parseColor(input) {
-                var m = input.match(/^rgb\s*\(\s*(\d+)\s*,\s*(\d+)\s*,\s*(\d+)\s*\)$/i);
-                if( m) return [m[1],m[2],m[3]];
-                else throw new Error("Colour "+input+" could not be parsed.");
-            }
-
-            function rgbToHex(r, g, b) {
-                return "#" + ((1 << 24) + (r << 16) + (g << 8) + b).toString(16).slice(1);
+            function colorToHex(c) {
+                var m = /rgba?\(\s*(\d+)\s*,\s*(\d+)\s*,\s*(\d+)/.exec(c);
+                return m ? '#' + (1 << 24 | m[1] << 16 | m[2] << 8 | m[3]).toString(16).substr(1) : c;
             }
 
             $scope.data = dataModel.data;
@@ -210,8 +205,7 @@
 
                     var hexc;
                     if(color.substring(0, 4) === 'rgb(') {
-                        var rgbc = parseColor(color);
-                        hexc = rgbToHex(rgbc[0],rgbc[1], rgbc[2]);
+                        hexc = colorToHex(color);
                     }
                     else {
                         hexc = color;
@@ -225,7 +219,7 @@
                             user : $scope.username
                     };
                     sock.send(JSON.stringify(new_annot));
-                    if(context.logging===true){
+                     if(context.logging===true){
                         log('Sent: ' + JSON.stringify(new_annot));
                     }
                     if(typeof c==='undefined'){