diff --git a/OsmAnd-java/src/net/osmand/util/Algorithms.java b/OsmAnd-java/src/net/osmand/util/Algorithms.java
index e6fa8347bd..adcc4e0411 100644
--- a/OsmAnd-java/src/net/osmand/util/Algorithms.java
+++ b/OsmAnd-java/src/net/osmand/util/Algorithms.java
@@ -220,6 +220,13 @@ public class Algorithms {
         	if (colorString.charAt(0) == '#') {
             	// Use a long to avoid rollovers on #ffXXXXXX
             	long color = Long.parseLong(colorString.substring(1), 16);
+            	if (colorString.length() == 4) {
+            		colorString = "#" + 
+            				colorString.charAt(1) + colorString.charAt(1) +
+            				colorString.charAt(2) + colorString.charAt(2) +
+            				colorString.charAt(3) + colorString.charAt(3);
+            				
+            	}
             	if (colorString.length() == 7) {
 	                // Set the alpha value
         	        color |= 0x00000000ff000000;