Get Slightly Lighter and Darker Color from UIColor

Question

I was looking to be able to turn any UIColor into a gradient. The way I am intending to do this is by using Core Graphics to draw a gradient. What I am trying to do is to ge

Answer 1

UIColor extension and fixing lighterColorForColor

extension UIColor {
  class func darkerColorForColor(color: UIColor) -> UIColor {
    var r:CGFloat = 0, g:CGFloat = 0, b:CGFloat = 0, a:CGFloat = 0
    if color.getRed(&r, green: &g, blue: &b, alpha: &a){
      return UIColor(red: max(r - 0.2, 0.0), green: max(g - 0.2, 0.0), blue: max(b - 0.2, 0.0), alpha: a)
    }
    return UIColor()
  }

  class func lighterColorForColor(color: UIColor) -> UIColor {
    var r:CGFloat = 0, g:CGFloat = 0, b:CGFloat = 0, a:CGFloat = 0
    if color.getRed(&r, green: &g, blue: &b, alpha: &a){
      let tmpColor = UIColor(red: min(r + 0.2, 1.0), green: min(g + 0.2, 1.0), blue: min(b + 0.2, 1.0), alpha: a)
      println(tmpColor)
      return tmpColor
    }
    return UIColor()
  }
}