Index: applications/editors/josm/plugins/opendata/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/opendata/core/io/geographic/KmlReader.java
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--- applications/editors/josm/plugins/opendata/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/opendata/core/io/geographic/KmlReader.java	(revision 32127)
+++ applications/editors/josm/plugins/opendata/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/opendata/core/io/geographic/KmlReader.java	(revision 32130)
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import javax.xml.stream.FactoryConfigurationError;
@@ -32,5 +33,5 @@
 
     public static final String KML_PLACEMARK   = "Placemark";
-    public static final String KML_NAME           = "name";
+    public static final String KML_NAME        = "name";
     public static final String KML_COLOR       = "color";
     public static final String KML_SIMPLE_DATA = "SimpleData";
@@ -43,4 +44,5 @@
     public static final String KML_COORDINATES = "coordinates";
     
+    public static Pattern COLOR_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("\\p{XDigit}{8}");
 
     private XMLStreamReader parser;
@@ -54,5 +56,4 @@
         InputStreamReader ir = UTFInputStreamReader.create(in);
         XMLStreamReader parser = XMLInputFactory.newInstance().createXMLStreamReader(ir);
-        //XMLStreamReader parser = XMLInputFactory.newInstance().createXMLStreamReader(in, UTF8);
         return new KmlReader(parser).parseDoc();
     }
@@ -92,7 +93,8 @@
                 if (parser.getLocalName().equals(KML_COLOR)) {
                     String s = parser.getElementText();
-                    // KML color format is aabbggrr, convert it to OSM (web) format: #rrggbb
-                    String rgbColor = '#'+s.substring(6,8)+s.substring(4,6)+s.substring(2,4);
-                    tags.put(KML_COLOR, rgbColor);
+                    if (COLOR_PATTERN.matcher(s).matches()) {
+                        // KML color format is aabbggrr, convert it to OSM (web) format: #rrggbb
+                        tags.put(KML_COLOR, '#'+s.substring(6,8)+s.substring(4,6)+s.substring(2,4));
+                    }
                 } else if (parser.getLocalName().equals(KML_NAME)) {
                     tags.put(KML_NAME, parser.getElementText());