1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.jface/src/org/eclipse/jface/resource/StringConverter.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.jface/src/org/eclipse/jface/resource/StringConverter.java
index e56b89731f4..828d76bc094 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.jface/src/org/eclipse/jface/resource/StringConverter.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.jface/src/org/eclipse/jface/resource/StringConverter.java
@@ -562,7 +562,9 @@ public class StringConverter {
             } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
                 throw new DataFormatException(e.getMessage());
             }
-            return new RGB(rval, gval, bval);
+            return new RGB(rval, gval, bval); // may throw IllegalArgumentException
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+        	throw new DataFormatException(e.getMessage());
         } catch (NoSuchElementException e) {
             throw new DataFormatException(e.getMessage());
         }