diff --git a/source/Base/Shared.cpp b/source/Base/Shared.cpp
index cfa752cc..f59689ef 100644
--- a/source/Base/Shared.cpp
+++ b/source/Base/Shared.cpp
@@ -324,12 +324,18 @@ const Color3 & GetRandomColor()
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Color3 GetColor(CSStr name)
+Color3 GetColor(const StackStrF & name)
+{
+    return name.mLen <= 0 ? Color3() : GetColorStr(name.mPtr);
+}
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Color3 GetColorStr(CSStr name)
 {
     // See if we actually have something to search for
-    if(!name || *name == 0)
+    if(!name || *name == '\0')
     {
-        STHROWF("Cannot extract values from an empty string");
+        return Color3::NIL; // Use default color
     }
     // Clone the string into an editable version
     CSStr str = StrJustAlphaNum(name);
@@ -337,7 +343,7 @@ Color3 GetColor(CSStr name)
     // See if we still have a valid name after the cleanup
     if(!str || *str == '\0')
     {
-        STHROWF("Cannot extract values from an invalid string: %s", name);
+        return Color3::NIL; // Use default color
     }
     // Calculate the name length
     const Uint32 len = std::strlen(str);
diff --git a/source/Base/Shared.hpp b/source/Base/Shared.hpp
index 603c6b6b..4888407c 100644
--- a/source/Base/Shared.hpp
+++ b/source/Base/Shared.hpp
@@ -211,7 +211,12 @@ const Color3 & GetRandomColor();
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Attempt to identify the color in the specified name and return it.
 */
-Color3 GetColor(CSStr name);
+Color3 GetColorStr(CSStr name);
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Attempt to identify the color in the specified name and return it.
+*/
+Color3 GetColor(const StackStrF & name);
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Throw the last system error as an exception.