e.g. The inverse color from black should be white.
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---- EDIT ----
Based on @amleszk's answer, I updated the UIColor extension/category with this method:
Swift
func inverseColor() -> UIColor { var alpha: CGFloat = 1.0 var red: CGFloat = 0.0, green: CGFloat = 0.0, blue: CGFloat = 0.0 if self.getRed(&red, green: &green, blue: &blue, alpha: &alpha) { return UIColor(red: 1.0 - red, green: 1.0 - green, blue: 1.0 - blue, alpha: alpha) } var hue: CGFloat = 0.0, saturation: CGFloat = 0.0, brightness: CGFloat = 0.0 if self.getHue(&hue, saturation: &saturation, brightness: &brightness, alpha: &alpha) { return UIColor(hue: 1.0 - hue, saturation: 1.0 - saturation, brightness: 1.0 - brightness, alpha: alpha) } var white: CGFloat = 0.0 if self.getWhite(&white, alpha: &alpha) { return UIColor(white: 1.0 - white, alpha: alpha) } return self } Objective-C
- (UIColor *)inverseColor { CGFloat alpha; CGFloat red, green, blue; if ([self getRed:&red green:&green blue:&blue alpha:&alpha]) { return [UIColor colorWithRed:1.0 - red green:1.0 - green blue:1.0 - blue alpha:alpha]; } CGFloat hue, saturation, brightness; if ([self getHue:&hue saturation:&saturation brightness:&brightness alpha:&alpha]) { return [UIColor colorWithHue:1.0 - hue saturation:1.0 - saturation brightness:1.0 - brightness alpha:alpha]; } CGFloat white; if ([self getWhite:&white alpha:&alpha]) { return [UIColor colorWithWhite:1.0 - white alpha:alpha]; } return nil; } ---- DEPRECATED ----
Based on @grc's answer, I create a UIColor category with this method:
- (UIColor *)inverseColor { CGColorRef oldCGColor = self.CGColor; int numberOfComponents = CGColorGetNumberOfComponents(oldCGColor); // can not invert - the only component is the alpha // e.g. self == [UIColor groupTableViewBackgroundColor] if (numberOfComponents == 1) { return [UIColor colorWithCGColor:oldCGColor]; } const CGFloat *oldComponentColors = CGColorGetComponents(oldCGColor); CGFloat newComponentColors[numberOfComponents]; int i = numberOfComponents - 1; newComponentColors[i] = oldComponentColors[i]; // alpha while (--i >= 0) { newComponentColors[i] = 1 - oldComponentColors[i]; } CGColorRef newCGColor = CGColorCreate(CGColorGetColorSpace(oldCGColor), newComponentColors); UIColor *newColor = [UIColor colorWithCGColor:newCGColor]; CGColorRelease(newCGColor); return newColor; } Comments
iOS5+
-(UIColor*) inverseColor { CGFloat r,g,b,a; [self getRed:&r green:&g blue:&b alpha:&a]; return [UIColor colorWithRed:1.-r green:1.-g blue:1.-b alpha:a]; } 
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carlossless
It's the same as "1.0"(double) or "1f"(float). It just informs the compiler that we'll be using a float instead of an integer.
This should work:
// oldColor is the UIColor to invert const CGFloat *componentColors = CGColorGetComponents(oldColor.CGColor); UIColor *newColor = [[UIColor alloc] initWithRed:(1.0 - componentColors[0]) green:(1.0 - componentColors[1]) blue:(1.0 - componentColors[2]) alpha:componentColors[3]]; 
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Míng
Thanks, your answer is very good. But if the oldColor is [UIColor colorWithWhite:1 alpha:1], the newColor will be transparent.
Christian Beer
This does only work with RGB colors. The answer by iwill below is better.
Swift way is to extend UIColor:
extension UIColor { func inverse () -> UIColor { var r:CGFloat = 0.0; var g:CGFloat = 0.0; var b:CGFloat = 0.0; var a:CGFloat = 0.0; if self.getRed(&r, green: &g, blue: &b, alpha: &a) { return UIColor(red: 1.0-r, green: 1.0 - g, blue: 1.0 - b, alpha: a) } return .black // Return a default colour } } 
Swift solution extending UIColor to add a computed property inverted:
extension UIColor { var inverted: UIColor { var a: CGFloat = 0.0, r: CGFloat = 0.0, g: CGFloat = 0.0, b: CGFloat = 0.0 return getRed(&r, green: &g, blue: &b, alpha: &a) ? UIColor(red: 1.0-r, green: 1.0-g, blue: 1.0-b, alpha: a) : .black } } Use on any UIColor instance (.red, .blue, .white, etc.), for example:
view.backgroundColor = UIColor.blue.inverted //Results in yellow background view.backgroundColor = UIColor.black.inverted //Results in white background 
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The solution from GRC has an issue: CGColorGetComponents returns in a scale of 0.0-1.0, and not from 2-255. So you should use
UIColor *newColor = [[UIColor alloc] initWithRed:(1.0 - componentColors[0]) green:(1.0 - componentColors[1]) blue:(1.0 - componentColors[2]) alpha:componentColors[3]]; instead. Else everything will be white (1.0 and lager)
kind of the same thing as amleszk used, there it's also 1.-color, instead of 255. Btw that 1. represents the float 1.0, you should rather type 1.0 in stead of 1., to avoid confusion
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So to be helpful for all swifters came here looking for the answer - this is how it should look like in swift:
func inverseColor(color: UIColor) -> UIColor{ var a: CGFloat = 0.0; var r: CGFloat = 0.0; var g: CGFloat = 0.0; var b: CGFloat = 0.0; color.getRed(&r, green: &g, blue: &b, alpha: &a); return UIColor(red: -r, green: -g, blue: -b, alpha: a); } 
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I used Dade's answer and tweaked it a bit because I was looking for a nice way of calculating a Text foreground color given a background color.
So if you wanted to get a nice Text color for a given background color, I would suggest you do this. It gives you the brightest color of your given background color:
extension UIColor { func maxBright() -> UIColor { var r:CGFloat = 0.0; var g:CGFloat = 0.0; var b:CGFloat = 0.0; var a:CGFloat = 0.0; if self.getRed(&r, green: &g, blue: &b, alpha: &a) { let d:CGFloat = 1.0 - max(r,g,b) return UIColor(red: r + d, green: g + d , blue: b + d, alpha: 1.0) } return self } } It works like sliding your RGB sliders up until the brightest component hits max.
Example:
titleLable.backgroundColor = UIColor.blackColor() titleLabel.textColor = titleLabel.backgroundColor?.maxBright() will give you a white on black Label. Try other colors and you'll see interesting results :)
This might not be what you were looking for but it does give interesting results for Text fore/back colors.
Just sharing
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You did not get inverse colors for Gray.. So effects when you use gray back ground and its inverse color as text color
THIS Works even for gray color, i just added some additional code to @iWills code.
//====== TO GET THE OPPOSIT COLORS ===== -(UIColor *)reverseColorOf :(UIColor *)oldColor { CGColorRef oldCGColor = oldColor.CGColor; int numberOfComponents = CGColorGetNumberOfComponents(oldCGColor); // can not invert - the only component is the alpha if (numberOfComponents == 1) { return [UIColor colorWithCGColor:oldCGColor]; } const CGFloat *oldComponentColors = CGColorGetComponents(oldCGColor); CGFloat newComponentColors[numberOfComponents]; int i = numberOfComponents - 1; newComponentColors[i] = oldComponentColors[i]; // alpha while (--i >= 0) { newComponentColors[i] = 1 - oldComponentColors[i]; } CGColorRef newCGColor = CGColorCreate(CGColorGetColorSpace(oldCGColor), newComponentColors); UIColor *newColor = [UIColor colorWithCGColor:newCGColor]; CGColorRelease(newCGColor); //=====For the GRAY colors 'Middle level colors' CGFloat white = 0; [oldColor getWhite:&white alpha:nil]; if(white>0.3 && white < 0.67) { if(white >= 0.5) newColor = [UIColor darkGrayColor]; else if (white < 0.5) newColor = [UIColor blackColor]; } return newColor; } 
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Falkreon
The inverse of gray is gray. I know that's not super helpful for most practical purposes, but that's the mathematical reality. So "this works for gray" is relative; it'll only "work" if you're trying to get a color with high contrast from the source color. I do however really like how this answer deals with disparate or unknown colorspaces.
Fattie
this very old answer is not sensible, it's whacky