Magento: Get simple product color from custom table - function

Question

I'm really struggling with this in Magento 1.10 Enterprise. I have a array of simple products color ids and I want to use this id to query the atb_color table. Raw query:
SELECT description FROM atb_colors WHERE option_id = 'my_color_id'
Here is a method I was trying to build:
public function getColorData($product){
$ids = $product->getTypeInstance()->getUsedProductIds();
foreach($ids as $id){
$simpleproduct = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($id);
-->Query using my_color_id
}
}
I can use this to get name and quantity. If I put this in the foreach loop:
echo $simpleproduct->getName()." - ".(int)Mage::getModel('cataloginventory/stock_item')->loadByProduct($simpleproduct)->getQty() . '<br />';
How would I run this query. Forgive me I am very new to Magento. It's somewhat difficult to grasp some of it. But I'm on a deadline to finish this one section of displaying color and size. Any help? Please, please!!
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

This is the weirdest hack, but if you are really in big hurry
public function getProductCustomColor($product)
{
$ids = $product->getTypeInstance()->getUsedProductIds();
foreach($ids as $id){
$simpleProduct = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($id);
$select = $product->getResource()->getReadConnection()->select()
->from('atb_colors', array('description'))
->where('option_id = :my_color_id');
$colorDescription = $product->getResource()->getReadConnection()
->fetchOne($select, array('option_id' => $simpleProduct->getYourColorId()));
// ...
}
}
To everyone: never write code for magento in this way.