iOS: What does tint color actually do?

Question

Suppose a segmented control\'s tint color is set to RGB(69, 175, 225) but the actually color from color picker range from (top most) RGB(146, 181, 211) to (bottom most) RGB(

Answer 1

The tint is a color on which some fancy visual effects (glossy reflections and so on) is applied. iOS applies them to app icons, tab bars, navigation bars and many other things. I think it would be wrong for you to make any assumptions as to what the local color for a given pixel is for a given tint, given these visual effects vary from UIElement to UIElement and probably from one OS version to another.