Can I mix two UIColor together?

Question

I have colorA which is [UIColor blueColor], and colorB, which is [UIColor redColor]. Is this possible for me to render a [UIColor purple]

Answer 1

Swift5 UIColor Extension

extension UIColor {
    func add(_ overlay: UIColor) -> UIColor {
        var bgR: CGFloat = 0
        var bgG: CGFloat = 0
        var bgB: CGFloat = 0
        var bgA: CGFloat = 0
        
        var fgR: CGFloat = 0
        var fgG: CGFloat = 0
        var fgB: CGFloat = 0
        var fgA: CGFloat = 0
        
        self.getRed(&bgR, green: &bgG, blue: &bgB, alpha: &bgA)
        overlay.getRed(&fgR, green: &fgG, blue: &fgB, alpha: &fgA)
        
        let r = fgA * fgR + (1 - fgA) * bgR
        let g = fgA * fgG + (1 - fgA) * bgG
        let b = fgA * fgB + (1 - fgA) * bgB
        
        return UIColor(red: r, green: g, blue: b, alpha: 1.0)
    }
    
    static func +(lhs: UIColor, rhs: UIColor) -> UIColor {
        return lhs.add(rhs)
    }
}

Usage

let opacity: CGFloat = 0.6
let start = UIColor.red
let end = UIColor.blue
let combined = start.withAlphaComponent(opacity) + end.withAlphaComponent(1-opacity)