Start working on that color management class!
Those if statements like I promised:
if(selection.equals("Red")){
color = Color.RED;
} if(selection.equals("Blue")){
color = Color.BLUE;
} if(selection.equals("Green")){
color = Color.GREEN;
} if(selection.equals("Purple")){
color = Color.MAGENTA;
} if(selection.equals("Orange")){
color = Color.ORANGE;
} if(selection.equals("Black")){
color = Color.BLACK;
}