Swift extension example

Question

I was originally wanting to know how to make something like this

UIColor.myCustomGreen

so that I could define my own colors and use them th

Answer 1

If you like to use a colour with a given tint like used in brand manuals: Swift 4.2 + xcode 9.4.1.

extension UIColor {
    func withTint(tint: CGFloat)->UIColor {

        var tint = max(tint, 0)
        tint = min(tint, 1)
        /* Collect values of sender */
        var r : CGFloat = 0
        var g : CGFloat = 0
        var b : CGFloat = 0
        var a : CGFloat = 0
        self.getRed(&r, green: &g, blue: &b, alpha: &a)

        /* Calculate the tint */
        r = r+(1-r)*(1-tint)
        g = g+(1-g)*(1-tint)
        b = b+(1-b)*(1-tint)
        a = 1

        return UIColor.init(red: r, green: g, blue: b, alpha: a)
    }
}

In your code

let redWithTint = UIColor.red.withTint(tint: 0.4)