Changing UIImage color

Question

I\'m trying to change color of UIImage. My code:

-(UIImage *)coloredImage:(UIImage *)firstImage withColor:(UIColor *)color {
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(         


        

Answer 1

Swift 3.0 version of Anna's marvelous code:

extension UIImage{

    static func multiplyImageByConstantColor(image:UIImage,color:UIColor)-> UIImage {
        let backgroundSize = image.size
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(backgroundSize)

        let ctx = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()!

        var backgroundRect=CGRect()
        backgroundRect.size = backgroundSize
        backgroundRect.origin.x = 0
        backgroundRect.origin.y = 0

        let myFloatForR = 0
        var r = CGFloat(myFloatForR)
        let myFloatForG = 0
        var g = CGFloat(myFloatForG)
        let myFloatForB = 0
        var b = CGFloat(myFloatForB)
        let myFloatForA = 0
        var a = CGFloat(myFloatForA)

        color.getRed(&r, green: &g, blue: &b, alpha: &a)
        ctx.setFillColor(red: r, green: g, blue: b, alpha: a)
        ctx.fill(backgroundRect)

        var imageRect=CGRect()
        imageRect.size = image.size
        imageRect.origin.x = (backgroundSize.width - image.size.width)/2
        imageRect.origin.y = (backgroundSize.height - image.size.height)/2

        // Unflip the image
        ctx.translateBy(x: 0, y: backgroundSize.height)
        ctx.scaleBy(x: 1.0, y: -1.0)

        ctx.setBlendMode(.multiply)
        ctx.draw(image.cgImage!, in: imageRect)

        let newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
        return newImage!
    }
}

Answer 2

This is pretty much the answer above, but slightly shortened. This only takes the image as a mask and does not actually "multiply" or color the image.

Objective C:

    UIColor *color = <# UIColor #>;
    UIImage *image = <# UIImage #>;// Image to mask with
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(image.size, NO, image.scale);
    CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
    [color setFill];
    CGContextTranslateCTM(context, 0, image.size.height);
    CGContextScaleCTM(context, 1.0, -1.0);
    CGContextClipToMask(context, CGRectMake(0, 0, image.size.width, image.size.height), [image CGImage]);
    CGContextFillRect(context, CGRectMake(0, 0, image.size.width, image.size.height));

    UIImage *coloredImg = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();

    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

Swift:

    let color: UIColor = <# UIColor #>
    let image: UIImage = <# UIImage #> // Image to mask with
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(image.size, false, image.scale)
    let context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()
    color.setFill()
    context?.translateBy(x: 0, y: image.size.height)
    context?.scaleBy(x: 1.0, y: -1.0)
    context?.clip(to: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: image.size.width, height: image.size.height), mask: image.cgImage!)
    context?.fill(CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: image.size.width, height: image.size.height))
    let coloredImg = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext()

Answer 3

Base on @Anna's answer and I rewrite for swift 2.2 and handles image with alpha channel:

static func multiplyImageByConstantColor(image:UIImage,color:UIColor)->UIImage{
    let backgroundSize = image.size
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(backgroundSize)

    let ctx = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()

    var backgroundRect=CGRect()
    backgroundRect.size = backgroundSize
    backgroundRect.origin.x = 0
    backgroundRect.origin.y = 0

    var r:CGFloat = 0
    var g:CGFloat = 0
    var b:CGFloat = 0
    var a:CGFloat = 0
    color.getRed(&r, green: &g, blue: &b, alpha: &a)
    CGContextSetRGBFillColor(ctx, r, g, b, a)

    // Unflip the image
    CGContextTranslateCTM(ctx, 0, backgroundSize.height)
    CGContextScaleCTM(ctx, 1.0, -1.0)
    CGContextClipToMask(ctx, CGRectMake(0, 0, image.size.width, image.size.height), image.CGImage);
    CGContextFillRect(ctx, backgroundRect)

    var imageRect=CGRect()
    imageRect.size = image.size
    imageRect.origin.x = (backgroundSize.width - image.size.width)/2
    imageRect.origin.y = (backgroundSize.height - image.size.height)/2


    CGContextSetBlendMode(ctx, .Multiply)
    CGContextDrawImage(ctx, imageRect, image.CGImage)

    let newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
    return newImage
}

Answer 4

Swift 4.2 Solution

extension UIImage {
    func withColor(_ color: UIColor) -> UIImage {
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(size, false, scale)
        guard let ctx = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext(), let cgImage = cgImage else { return self }
        color.setFill()
        ctx.translateBy(x: 0, y: size.height)
        ctx.scaleBy(x: 1.0, y: -1.0)
        ctx.clip(to: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: size.width, height: size.height), mask: cgImage)
        ctx.fill(CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: size.width, height: size.height))
        guard let colored = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext() else { return self }
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
        return colored
    }
}

// Usage:
// let redImage = UIImage().withColor(.red)

Answer 5

If you don't have to do it programmatically, you can just do it using Xcode UI.

If you go to the image in your image assets folder, open the inspector on the right hand side and there is a "Render As" dropdown with the following options:

1. Default
2. Original
3. Template

Once you've made the Template selection, you can change the tintColor of the image however you want - whether it is using the Xcode storyboard UI or programmatically.

See this image:

Answer 6

Swift 3:

extension UIImage{

    static func multiplyImageByConstantColor(image:UIImage,color:UIColor) -> UIImage{

        let backgroundSize = image.size
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(backgroundSize)

        guard let ctx = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext() else {return image}

        var backgroundRect=CGRect()
        backgroundRect.size = backgroundSize
        backgroundRect.origin.x = 0
        backgroundRect.origin.y = 0

        var r:CGFloat = 0
        var g:CGFloat = 0
        var b:CGFloat = 0
        var a:CGFloat = 0
        color.getRed(&r, green: &g, blue: &b, alpha: &a)
        ctx.setFillColor(red: r, green: g, blue: b, alpha: a)

        // Unflip the image
        ctx.translateBy(x: 0, y: backgroundSize.height)
        ctx.scaleBy(x: 1.0, y: -1.0)
        ctx.clip(to: CGRect(0, 0, image.size.width, image.size.height), mask: image.cgImage!)
        ctx.fill(backgroundRect)


        var imageRect=CGRect()
        imageRect.size = image.size
        imageRect.origin.x = (backgroundSize.width - image.size.width)/2
        imageRect.origin.y = (backgroundSize.height - image.size.height)/2


        ctx.setBlendMode(.multiply)
        ctx.draw(image.cgImage!, in: imageRect)

        let newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
        return newImage!
    }
}