Search for a string in Enum and return the Enum

Question

I have an enumeration:

public enum MyColours
{
    Red,
    Green,
    Blue,
    Yellow,
    Fuchsia,
    Aqua,
    Orange
}

and I have a s

Answer 1

(MyColours)Enum.Parse(typeof(MyColours), "red", true); // MyColours.Red
(int)((MyColours)Enum.Parse(typeof(MyColours), "red", true)); // 0