function applyThemeColors(element, colorExpression) {
      try {
        if (colorExpression) {
          // Assign the calculate RGBA color values directly as inline CSS
          element.css(interpolateColors(colorExpression));
        }
      } catch (e) {
        $log.error(e.message);
      }
    }
@ngdoc method
@name $mdColors#applyThemeColors

@description
Lookup a set of colors by hue, theme, and palette, then apply those colors
with the provided opacity (via `rgba()`) to the specified CSS property.

@param {angular.element} element the element to apply the styles to
@param {Object} colorExpression Keys are CSS properties and values are strings representing
the `theme-palette-hue-opacity` of the desired color. For example:
`{'color': 'red-A200-0.3', 'background-color': 'myTheme-primary-700-0.8'}`. Theme, hue, and
opacity are optional.