ColorTranslator.FromHTML not working with Color Name

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From: Jason Follas (Follas_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/14/05


Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 12:35:18 -0800

If I use ColorTranslator.FromHTML("#ff0000"), I get Color.Red returned.
However, if I use ColorTranslator.FromHTML("Red"), I get RGB=0x0 returned
(silent failure).

The documentation suggests that HTML color names should be valid inputs, and
I swear that I've used this in the past. Has this functionality been broken
by security updates perhaps? Using framework 1.1 SP1 on Windows Server 2003.