iOS UIColor Creating a UIColor

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Example

There are many ways you can create a UIColor:

Swift

  • Using one of the predefined colors:

    let redColor = UIColor.redColor()
    let blueColor: UIColor = .blueColor()
    
    // In Swift 3, the "Color()" suffix is removed:
    let redColor = UIColor.red
    let blueColor: UIColor = .blue
    

    If the compiler already knows that the variable is an instance of UIColor you can skip the type all together:

    let view = UIView()
    view.backgroundColor = .yellowColor()
    
  • Using the grayscale value and the alpha:

    let grayscaleColor = UIColor(white: 0.5, alpha: 1.0)
    
  • Using hue, saturation, brightness and alpha:

    let hsbColor = UIColor(
        hue: 0.4,
        saturation: 0.3,
        brightness: 0.7,
        alpha: 1.0
    )
    
  • Using the RGBA values:

    let rgbColor = UIColor(
        red: 30.0 / 255, 
        green: 70.0 / 255, 
        blue: 200.0 / 255, 
        alpha: 1.0
    )
    
  • Using a pattern image:

    let patternColor = UIColor(patternImage: UIImage(named: "myImage")!)
    

Objective-C

  • Using one of the predefined colors:

    UIColor *redColor = [UIColor redColor];
    
  • Using the grayscale value and the alpha:

    UIColor *grayscaleColor = [UIColor colorWithWhite: 0.5 alpha: 1.0];
    
  • Using hue, saturation, brightness and alpha:

    UIColor *hsbColor = [UIColor
        colorWithHue: 0.4
        saturation: 0.3
        brightness: 0.7
        alpha: 1.0
    ];
    
  • Using the RGBA values:

    UIColor *rgbColor = [UIColor
        colorWithRed: 30.0 / 255.0
        green: 70.0 / 255.0
        blue: 200.0 / 255.0 
        alpha: 1.0
    ];
    
  • Using a pattern image:

    UIColor *pattenColor = [UIColor colorWithPatternImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"myImage.png"]];
    


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