def create_color(color):
    """ Creates VTK-compatible RGB color from a color string.

    :param color: color
    :type color: str
    :return: RGB color values
    :rtype: list
    """
    if color[0] == "#":
        # Convert hex string to RGB
        return [int(color[i:i + 2], 16) / 255 for i in range(1, 7, 2)]
    else:
        # Create a named colors instance
        nc = vtk.vtkNamedColors()
        return nc.GetColor3d(color)