How can I color a UIImage in Swift?

Question

I have an image called arrowWhite. I want to colour this image to black.

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Answer 1

Swift 4

 let image: UIImage? =  #imageLiteral(resourceName: "logo-1").withRenderingMode(.alwaysTemplate)
    topLogo.image = image
    topLogo.tintColor = UIColor.white

Answer 2

This function uses core graphics to achieve this.

func overlayImage(color: UIColor) -> UIImage {
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(self.size, false, UIScreen.main.scale)
    let context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()

    color.setFill()

    context!.translateBy(x: 0, y: self.size.height)
    context!.scaleBy(x: 1.0, y: -1.0)

    context!.setBlendMode(CGBlendMode.colorBurn)
    let rect = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: self.size.width, height: self.size.height)
    context!.draw(self.cgImage!, in: rect)

    context!.setBlendMode(CGBlendMode.sourceIn)
    context!.addRect(rect)
    context!.drawPath(using: CGPathDrawingMode.fill)

    let coloredImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext()

    return coloredImage
}

Answer 3

For swift 4.2 to change UIImage color as you want (solid color)

extension UIImage {
    func imageWithColor(color: UIColor) -> UIImage {
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(self.size, false, self.scale)
        color.setFill()

        let context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()
        context?.translateBy(x: 0, y: self.size.height)
        context?.scaleBy(x: 1.0, y: -1.0)
        context?.setBlendMode(CGBlendMode.normal)

        let rect = CGRect(origin: .zero, size: CGSize(width: self.size.width, height: self.size.height))
        context?.clip(to: rect, mask: self.cgImage!)
        context?.fill(rect)

        let newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()

        return newImage!
    }
}

How to use

self.imgVw.image = UIImage(named: "testImage")?.imageWithColor(UIColor.red)

Answer 4

Post iOS 13 you can use it something like this

arrowWhiteImage.withTintColor(.black, renderingMode: .alwaysTemplate)

Answer 5

I have modified the extension found here: Github Gist, for Swift 3 which I have tested in the context of an extension for UIImage.

func tint(with color: UIColor) -> UIImage 
{
   UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(self.size)
   guard let context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext() else { return self }

   // flip the image
   context.scaleBy(x: 1.0, y: -1.0)
   context.translateBy(x: 0.0, y: -self.size.height)

   // multiply blend mode
   context.setBlendMode(.multiply)

   let rect = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: self.size.width, height: self.size.height)
   context.clip(to: rect, mask: self.cgImage!)
   color.setFill()
   context.fill(rect)

   // create UIImage
   guard let newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext() else { return self }
   UIGraphicsEndImageContext()

   return newImage
}

Answer 6

Create an extension on UIImage:

/// UIImage Extensions
extension UIImage {
    func maskWithColor(color: UIColor) -> UIImage {

        var maskImage = self.CGImage
        let width = self.size.width
        let height = self.size.height
        let bounds = CGRectMake(0, 0, width, height)

        let colorSpace = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB()
        let bitmapInfo = CGBitmapInfo(CGImageAlphaInfo.PremultipliedLast.rawValue)
        let bitmapContext = CGBitmapContextCreate(nil, Int(width), Int(height), 8, 0, colorSpace, bitmapInfo)

        CGContextClipToMask(bitmapContext, bounds, maskImage)
        CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(bitmapContext, color.CGColor)
        CGContextFillRect(bitmapContext, bounds)

        let cImage = CGBitmapContextCreateImage(bitmapContext)
        let coloredImage = UIImage(CGImage: cImage)

        return coloredImage!
    }
}

Then you can use it like that:

image.maskWithColor(UIColor.redColor())