diff --git a/colorizer/src/color/mod.rs b/colorizer/src/color/mod.rs
index 35a495e..d9c9a65 100644
--- a/colorizer/src/color/mod.rs
+++ b/colorizer/src/color/mod.rs
@@ -26,16 +26,18 @@ pub struct Color(RGB);
 
 impl Color {
     pub fn try_parse(input: String) -> Result<Color, ()> {
-        let input = input.replace(" ", "").to_uppercase();
+        let input = input.replace(" ", "").to_lowercase();
 
+        // TODO: clean all of this
+        // - Move down to custom trait that returns a Result
         let hex_regex = Regex::new(r".*(#[a-fA-F0-9]{3,6}).*").unwrap();
         let rgb_regex =
-            Regex::new(r"(rgb\([ ]*[0-9]+[ ]*,[ ]*[0-9]+[ ]*,[ ]*[0-9 ]+[ ]*\)).*").unwrap();
+            Regex::new(r".*(rgb\([ ]*[0-9]+[ ]*,[ ]*[0-9]+[ ]*,[ ]*[0-9 ]+[ ]*\)).*").unwrap();
         let hsl_regex =
-            Regex::new(r"(hsl\([ ]*[0-9]+[ ]*,[0-9]+[ ]*[%]*[ ]*,[0-9 ]+[ ]*[%]*[ ]*\)).*")
+            Regex::new(r".*(hsl\([ ]*[0-9]+[ ]*,[0-9]+[ ]*[%]*[ ]*,[0-9 ]+[ ]*[%]*[ ]*\)).*")
                 .unwrap();
         let hsv_regex =
-            Regex::new(r"(hsv\([ ]*[0-9]+[ ]*,[0-9]+[ ]*[%]*[ ]*,[0-9 ]+[ ]*[%]*[ ]*\)).*")
+            Regex::new(r".*(hsv\([ ]*[0-9]+[ ]*,[0-9]+[ ]*[%]*[ ]*,[0-9 ]+[ ]*[%]*[ ]*\)).*")
                 .unwrap();
 
         let hex_result = hex_regex.captures(&input);
diff --git a/colorizer/src/color/test/colors.test.rs b/colorizer/src/color/test/colors.test.rs
index 6fd62c5..374b653 100644
--- a/colorizer/src/color/test/colors.test.rs
+++ b/colorizer/src/color/test/colors.test.rs
@@ -251,4 +251,27 @@ pub mod tests {
         let color = "hsv(157,29, 37 )";
         assert_eq!(HSV::from(color.to_string()), HSV::new(157, 29, 37));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_color_string_parse() {
+        let input = "test1hsv(255 , 83,  3)test2";
+        let result = Color::try_parse(input.to_string());
+        assert_eq!(result, Ok(Color::from(HSV::from(input.to_string()))));
+
+        let input = "test1hsj(255 , 83,  3)test2";
+        let result = Color::try_parse(input.to_string());
+        assert_eq!(result, Err(()));
+
+        let input = "test1hsl(25a , 83,  3)test2";
+        let result = Color::try_parse(input.to_string());
+        assert_eq!(result, Err(()));
+
+        let input = "#afj";
+        let result = Color::try_parse(input.to_string());
+        assert_eq!(result, Err(()));
+
+        let input = "p#test2#010203j";
+        let result = Color::try_parse(input.to_string());
+        assert_eq!(result, Ok(Color::from(RGB::new(1, 2, 3))));
+    }
 }