diff --git a/jquery.colorhelpers.js b/jquery.colorhelpers.js
index d3524d7..84a65f0 100644
--- a/jquery.colorhelpers.js
+++ b/jquery.colorhelpers.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         o.r = r || 0;
         o.g = g || 0;
         o.b = b || 0;
-        o.a = a != null ? a : 1;
+        o.a = a !== null ? a : 1;
 
         o.add = function (c, d) {
             for (var i = 0; i < c.length; ++i)
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@
                 return value < min ? min: (value > max ? max: value);
             }
             
-            o.r = clamp(0, parseInt(o.r), 255);
-            o.g = clamp(0, parseInt(o.g), 255);
-            o.b = clamp(0, parseInt(o.b), 255);
+            o.r = clamp(0, parseInt(o.r, 10), 255);
+            o.g = clamp(0, parseInt(o.g, 10), 255);
+            o.b = clamp(0, parseInt(o.b, 10), 255);
             o.a = clamp(0, o.a, 1);
             return o;
         };
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
         };
 
         return o.normalize();
-    }
+    };
 
     // extract CSS color property from element, going up in the DOM
     // if it's "transparent"
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
             c = elem.css(css).toLowerCase();
             // keep going until we find an element that has color, or
             // we hit the body
-            if (c != '' && c != 'transparent')
+            if (c !== '' && c != 'transparent')
                 break;
             elem = elem.parent();
         } while (!$.nodeName(elem.get(0), "body"));
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
             c = "transparent";
         
         return $.color.parse(c);
-    }
+    };
     
     // parse CSS color string (like "rgb(10, 32, 43)" or "#fff"),
     // returns color object, if parsing failed, you get black (0, 0,
@@ -97,27 +97,33 @@
         var res, m = $.color.make;
 
         // Look for rgb(num,num,num)
-        if (res = /rgb\(\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*\)/.exec(str))
+	res = /rgb\(\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*\)/.exec(str);
+        if (res)
             return m(parseInt(res[1], 10), parseInt(res[2], 10), parseInt(res[3], 10));
         
         // Look for rgba(num,num,num,num)
-        if (res = /rgba\(\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\s*\)/.exec(str))
+        res = /rgba\(\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\s*\)/.exec(str);
+        if (res)
             return m(parseInt(res[1], 10), parseInt(res[2], 10), parseInt(res[3], 10), parseFloat(res[4]));
             
         // Look for rgb(num%,num%,num%)
-        if (res = /rgb\(\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*,\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*,\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*\)/.exec(str))
+        res = /rgb\(\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*,\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*,\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*\)/.exec(str);
+        if (res)
             return m(parseFloat(res[1])*2.55, parseFloat(res[2])*2.55, parseFloat(res[3])*2.55);
 
         // Look for rgba(num%,num%,num%,num)
-        if (res = /rgba\(\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*,\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*,\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*,\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\s*\)/.exec(str))
+        res = /rgba\(\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*,\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*,\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*,\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\s*\)/.exec(str);
+        if (res)
             return m(parseFloat(res[1])*2.55, parseFloat(res[2])*2.55, parseFloat(res[3])*2.55, parseFloat(res[4]));
         
         // Look for #a0b1c2
-        if (res = /#([a-fA-F0-9]{2})([a-fA-F0-9]{2})([a-fA-F0-9]{2})/.exec(str))
+        res = /#([a-fA-F0-9]{2})([a-fA-F0-9]{2})([a-fA-F0-9]{2})/.exec(str);
+        if (res)
             return m(parseInt(res[1], 16), parseInt(res[2], 16), parseInt(res[3], 16));
 
         // Look for #fff
-        if (res = /#([a-fA-F0-9])([a-fA-F0-9])([a-fA-F0-9])/.exec(str))
+        res = /#([a-fA-F0-9])([a-fA-F0-9])([a-fA-F0-9])/.exec(str);
+        if (res)
             return m(parseInt(res[1]+res[1], 16), parseInt(res[2]+res[2], 16), parseInt(res[3]+res[3], 16));
 
         // Otherwise, we're most likely dealing with a named color
@@ -129,7 +135,7 @@
             res = lookupColors[name] || [0, 0, 0];
             return m(res[0], res[1], res[2]);
         }
-    }
+    };
     
     var lookupColors = {
         aqua:[0,255,255],