code: def read_colortable(fobj):
      r
      ret = []
      try:
          for line in fobj:
              literal = _parse(line)
              if literal:
                  ret.append(mcolors.colorConverter.to_rgb(literal))
          return ret
      except (SyntaxError, ValueError):
          raise RuntimeError('Malformed colortable.')
docs: r"""Read colortable information from a file.
  
      Reads a colortable, which consists of one color per line of the file, where
      a color can be one of: a tuple of 3 floats, a string with a HTML color name,
      or a string with a HTML hex color.
  
      Parameters
      ----------
      fobj : a file-like object
          A file-like object to read the colors from
  
      Returns
      -------
      List of tuples
          A list of the RGB color values, where each RGB color is a tuple of 3 floats in the
          range of [0, 1].