diff --git a/bundles/org.smarthomej.binding.tuya/src/main/java/org/smarthomej/binding/tuya/internal/handler/TuyaDeviceHandler.java b/bundles/org.smarthomej.binding.tuya/src/main/java/org/smarthomej/binding/tuya/internal/handler/TuyaDeviceHandler.java
index 5d4f39bfc4..63aa22417f 100644
--- a/bundles/org.smarthomej.binding.tuya/src/main/java/org/smarthomej/binding/tuya/internal/handler/TuyaDeviceHandler.java
+++ b/bundles/org.smarthomej.binding.tuya/src/main/java/org/smarthomej/binding/tuya/internal/handler/TuyaDeviceHandler.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 import org.openhab.core.types.Command;
 import org.openhab.core.types.CommandOption;
 import org.openhab.core.types.State;
+import org.openhab.core.types.UnDefType;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.smarthomej.binding.tuya.internal.config.ChannelConfiguration;
@@ -165,7 +166,14 @@ private void processChannelStatus(Integer dp, Object value) {
 
             if (value instanceof String && CHANNEL_TYPE_UID_COLOR.equals(channelTypeUID)) {
                 oldColorMode = ((String) value).length() == 14;
-                updateState(channelId, ConversionUtil.hexColorDecode((String) value));
+                HSBType hsb = ConversionUtil.hexColorDecode((String) value);
+                if (hsb == null) {
+                    logger.debug("Unknown color format value '{}', updating channel '{}' of thing '{}' as undefined.",
+                            value, channelId, thing.getUID());
+                    updateState(channelId, UnDefType.UNDEF);
+                } else {
+                    updateState(channelId, hsb);
+                }
                 return;
             } else if (value instanceof String && CHANNEL_TYPE_UID_STRING.equals(channelTypeUID)) {
                 updateState(channelId, new StringType((String) value));
diff --git a/bundles/org.smarthomej.binding.tuya/src/main/java/org/smarthomej/binding/tuya/internal/util/ConversionUtil.java b/bundles/org.smarthomej.binding.tuya/src/main/java/org/smarthomej/binding/tuya/internal/util/ConversionUtil.java
index 296c07b689..6a08be9c33 100644
--- a/bundles/org.smarthomej.binding.tuya/src/main/java/org/smarthomej/binding/tuya/internal/util/ConversionUtil.java
+++ b/bundles/org.smarthomej.binding.tuya/src/main/java/org/smarthomej/binding/tuya/internal/util/ConversionUtil.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 
 import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNullByDefault;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
 import org.openhab.core.library.types.DecimalType;
 import org.openhab.core.library.types.HSBType;
 import org.openhab.core.library.types.PercentType;
@@ -35,30 +36,33 @@ private ConversionUtil() {
      * Convert a Tuya color string in hexadecimal notation to {@link HSBType}
      *
      * @param hexColor the input string
-     * @return the corresponding state
+     * @return the corresponding state or null if unknown color format
      */
-    public static HSBType hexColorDecode(String hexColor) {
-        if (hexColor.length() == 12) {
-            // 2 bytes H: 0-360, 2 bytes each S,B, 0-1000
-            double h = Integer.parseInt(hexColor.substring(0, 4), 16);
-            double s = Integer.parseInt(hexColor.substring(4, 8), 16) / 10.0;
-            double b = Integer.parseInt(hexColor.substring(8, 12), 16) / 10.0;
-            if (h == 360) {
-                h = 0;
-            }
+    public static @Nullable HSBType hexColorDecode(String hexColor) {
+        try {
+            if (hexColor.length() == 12) {
+                // 2 bytes H: 0-360, 2 bytes each S,B, 0-1000
+                double h = Integer.parseInt(hexColor.substring(0, 4), 16);
+                double s = Integer.parseInt(hexColor.substring(4, 8), 16) / 10.0;
+                double b = Integer.parseInt(hexColor.substring(8, 12), 16) / 10.0;
+                if (h == 360) {
+                    h = 0;
+                }
 
-            return new HSBType(new DecimalType(h), new PercentType(new BigDecimal(s)),
-                    new PercentType(new BigDecimal(b)));
-        } else if (hexColor.length() == 14) {
-            // 1 byte each RGB: 0-255, 2 byte H: 0-360, 1 byte each SB: 0-255
-            int r = Integer.parseInt(hexColor.substring(0, 2), 16);
-            int g = Integer.parseInt(hexColor.substring(2, 4), 16);
-            int b = Integer.parseInt(hexColor.substring(4, 6), 16);
+                return new HSBType(new DecimalType(h), new PercentType(new BigDecimal(s)),
+                        new PercentType(new BigDecimal(b)));
+            } else if (hexColor.length() == 14) {
+                // 1 byte each RGB: 0-255, 2 byte H: 0-360, 1 byte each SB: 0-255
+                int r = Integer.parseInt(hexColor.substring(0, 2), 16);
+                int g = Integer.parseInt(hexColor.substring(2, 4), 16);
+                int b = Integer.parseInt(hexColor.substring(4, 6), 16);
 
-            return HSBType.fromRGB(r, g, b);
-        } else {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown color format");
+                return HSBType.fromRGB(r, g, b);
+            }
+        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+            // do nothing
         }
+        return null;
     }
 
     /**