JComboBox value to Color, .. help

Question

OK below is the relevent sections of code.
          Color RosyBrown = new Color(188, 143, 143);
          Color SaddleBrown = new Color(139, 69, 19);
          Color SandyBrown = new Color(244, 164, 96);
          Color Beige = new Color(245, 245, 220);
          Color Brown = new Color(165, 42, 42);
          Color Burlywood = new Color(222, 184, 135);
          Color Chocolate = new Color(210, 105, 30);
          Color Peru = new Color(205, 133, 63);
          Color Tan = new Color(210, 180, 140);     
          private String[] colorString = {"RosyBrown", "SaddleBrown", "SandyBrown", "Beige", "Brown"};
               ratsColor = RosyBrown;
               colorChoice = new JComboBox(colorString);
               colorChoice.addActionListener(
                        new ActionListener() {
                            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {   
                                JComboBox combo = (JComboBox)e.getSource();
                                ratsColor = (Color)combo.getSelectedItem();
                    );Basically, Im trying to display readable text in the combo box when the user is selecting thier color, then translate that text into the actual java code for the color that is then passed to a drawing on screen to use the new selected color.
The error im getting is essentially: java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.String
Ive tried a few different ways of getting this to work, but am not having much luck. If anyone could give me a gentle nudge in the right direction it would be appreciated.

Answer 1

honestly...
Create your colors and use an array of those Color objects as the combobox data. Then create a custom cell renderer which takes the int RGB value of the color and looks up the color name in a ResourceBundle...
String name = bundle.getString("color." + Integer.toHexString(color.getRGB()));
color.112233=RosyBrown
color.112244=SaddleBrown
And then put a little color chip next to the color too, so people know what it really is. Or set the background or whatever.