Type Color serialisieren und deserialisieren

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/// <summary>
/// Returns a <see cref="Color"/> object based on its color name. The 'color name' 
/// is of the color from <see cref="Color.KnownColor"/> or a hexadecimal value as 
/// returned by <see cref="Color.Name"/> (hex format: 'aarrggbb').
/// <para>
/// This can be very easily used, for example, for XML serialisation 
/// where type <see cref="Color"/> can not be used:
/// <pre>
/// [XmlIgnore]
/// public Color MyColor { get; set; }
/// [EditorBrowsable( EditorBrowsableState.Never )]
/// public string MyColorXml
/// {
///     get { return MyColor.Name; }
///     set { MyColor = value.ToColor(); }
/// }
/// </pre>
/// </para>
/// </summary>
/// <returns>A <see cref="Color"/> object.</returns>
public static Color ToColor( this string thisValue )
{
    Color color = Color.FromName( thisValue );
    if( !color.IsKnownColor )
    {
        try
        {
            // try to convert from hex format: aarrggbb
            int iResult = Convert.ToInt32( thisValue, 16 );
            color = Color.FromArgb( iResult >> 24 & 0xff, iResult >> 16 & 0xff, iResult >> 8 & 0xff, iResult & 0xff );
        }
        catch { }
    }
    return color;
}