ChatColors doesn't work

I have a problem.I want to add a player to a scoreboard , like here:

Code:java

Score s = null;
s = obj.getScore(Bukkit.getOfflinePlayer(ChatColor.RED + Playername));

But everytime I do this , It returns (I must say my nickname is BigBuilding2011): nullBigBuilding2011
The other problem is , that this is a too long string and i can't add it to the scoreboard

 

What is BigBuilding2011 referring too?

 

BigBuildig2011 Do

Code:java

s = obj.getScore(Bukkit.getOfflinePlayer(ChatColor.RED + "" + Playername));

 

@The Fancy Whale
I think it works better now , but not how i expected it to work
Glumpz
It's just a normal String ,which i get by

Code:java

String PlayerName = p.getDisplayName();

But i have another problem now:
I want to add it to my scoreboard.But it says ,
java.io.IOException: the received string lenght is longer than maximum alloweds (18 > 16)

 

Offline Players are not saved with a color name. You have to get it with no color.

 

So , is there a way to put a colored playername on a scoreboard?