js generate color from string
var stringToColour = function(str) {
var hash = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < str.length; i++) {
hash = str.charCodeAt(i) + ((hash << 5) - hash);
}
var colour = '#';
for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
var value = (hash >> (i * 8)) & 0xFF;
colour += ('00' + value.toString(16)).substr(-2);
}
return colour;
}