$rowCheckQuery = qq{SELECT color_id FROM color WHERE color=?};
              foreach my $color (@color){

                      # trim whitespace
                      $color =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//gm;
                      # print "Color is - ", $color, " -\n\n";

                      my $sth = $dbh->prepare($rowCheckQuery);
                      $sth->execute($color);

                      while(my $color_test = $sth->fetchrow_arrayref) {
                              push @color_test, $color_test;
                      }

              }