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# NSTintConfiguration

An object that gives you the ability to choose from system-provided tinting behaviors.

```
class NSTintConfiguration
```

## Topics

### Initializing a Tint Configuration

[`+  tintConfigurationWithFixedColor:`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTintConfiguration/init(fixedColor:))

Creates a new tint configuration using a specific color value.

[`+  tintConfigurationWithPreferredColor:`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTintConfiguration/init(preferredColor:))

Creates a new tint configuration for the system to use when the app’s preferred accent color is in use.

### Changing an App’s Appearance

[`adaptsToUserAccentColor`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTintConfiguration/adaptsToUserAccentColor)

A Boolean value that indicates whether the tint configuration alters its effect based on the user’s preferred accent color choice.

### Setting the Tint Color

[`defaultTintConfiguration`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTintConfiguration/default)

The system tints the content using the system default value for its context.

[`monochromeTintConfiguration`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTintConfiguration/monochrome)

The content always displays in monochrome.

[`baseTintColor`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTintConfiguration/baseTintColor)

The color the system supplies when you create a tint configuration.

[`equivalentContentTintColor`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTintConfiguration/equivalentContentTintColor)

A color object that matches the effective content tint.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

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

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

[`NSObjectProtocol`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObjectProtocol)

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

[`NSSecureCoding`](/documentation/Foundation/NSSecureCoding)

[`NSCoding`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCoding)

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

[`NSCopying`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCopying)

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

### Inherits From

[`NSObject-swift.class`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObject-swift.class)

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