Correct way to refractor if-statements

Question

I wonder if this is a good way to refactor multiple if statements? What I have heard is that if-statements are "bad" practice and i would like to take my programing to the next level by refactor some of my code.

Original code:

public int Colors(String col, int row){
    int ret = 0;
    if(col.equals("R")){
        ret = Color.parseColor("#EF5350");
    }else if(col.equals("B")) {
        ret = Color.parseColor("#7986CB");
    }else if(col.equals("V")){
        ret = Color.WHITE;
    }else if(col.equals("G")){
     ret = Color.parseColor("#FFE082");
    }else if(Math.floorMod(row,2) == 0){
        ret = Color.parseColor("#e0e0e0");
    }else{
         ret = Color.parseColor("#eeeeee");
    }

return ret; }

New code:

public int Colors(String col, int row){

    Map<String,Integer> ColorMap1 = new HashMap<>();

    ColorMap1.put("R", Color.parseColor("#EF5350"));
    ColorMap1.put("B",Color.parseColor("#7986CB"));
    ColorMap1.put("V",Color.parseColor("#FFE082"));
    ColorMap1.put("G",Color.parseColor("#FFFFFF"));

    Integer current = ColorMap1.get(col);

    Map<Integer,Integer> ColorMap2 = new HashMap<>();

    ColorMap2.put(0,Color.parseColor("#e0e0e0"));
    ColorMap2.put(1,Color.parseColor("#eeeeee"));

    Integer current2 = ColorMap2.get(Math.floorMod(row,2));

    return  current != null ? current  : current2 ;

}