From 01efa03bcf9c158fd3bd7fa4f81800d00a1e221c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cristy <urban-warrior@git.imagemagick.org>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 17:02:30 +0000
Subject: [PATCH]

---
 Magick++/lib/Image.cpp | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Magick++/lib/Image.cpp b/Magick++/lib/Image.cpp
index e9c628135e..280b75bde0 100644
--- a/Magick++/lib/Image.cpp
+++ b/Magick++/lib/Image.cpp
@@ -2296,7 +2296,10 @@ void Magick::Image::colorMap(const size_t index_,const Color &color_)
 Magick::Color Magick::Image::colorMap(const size_t index_) const
 {
   if (!constImage()->colormap)
-    throwExceptionExplicit(OptionError,"Image does not contain a colormap");
+    {
+      throwExceptionExplicit(OptionError,"Image does not contain a colormap");
+      return(Color());
+    }
 
   if (index_ > constImage()->colors-1)
     throwExceptionExplicit(OptionError,"Index out of range");