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# NSImage.SymbolColorRenderingMode

```
enum SymbolColorRenderingMode
```

## Topics

### Enumeration Cases

[`case automatic`](/documentation/AppKit/NSImage/SymbolColorRenderingMode/automatic)

Automatically uses an appropriate color rendering mode for the symbol’s color layers.

[`case flat`](/documentation/AppKit/NSImage/SymbolColorRenderingMode/flat)

Renders the symbol’s color layers using flat colors.

[`case gradient`](/documentation/AppKit/NSImage/SymbolColorRenderingMode/gradient)

Renders the symbol’s color layers using gradients.

### Initializers

[`init?(rawValue: Int)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSImage/SymbolColorRenderingMode/init(rawValue:))

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`RawRepresentable`](/documentation/Swift/RawRepresentable)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`BitwiseCopyable`](/documentation/Swift/BitwiseCopyable)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

---

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