Convert string to system.drawing.color

I am trying to change the color of a control from a srting value in a sql database.
The test value in the field is "black" as a string. I can not seem to convert the string to system.drawing.color.
Below is my code

Dim labelcolor As System.Drawing.Color

           Try
            Dim strSQL As String = "Select * from startup"

            Dim myConnection As New SqlConnection(connectionstring)
            Dim sqlCmd As New SqlCommand(strSQL)
            Dim sqlReader As SqlDataReader
            sqlCmd.Connection = myConnection
            myConnection.Open()
            sqlReader = sqlCmd.ExecuteReader

            If (sqlReader.Read()) Then

                labelcolor = ctype (sqlReader("headerarea2",System.Drawing.Color))
                HeaderLabel.BackColor = labelcolor
               

                            End If
        Catch exp As Exception
            lblerror.Text = exp.ToString
        End Try