# Tinting a Sprite Provide a color and blend factor to additively color your sprite. ## Discussion You can use the [`color`](/documentation/SpriteKit/SKSpriteNode/color) and [`colorBlendFactor`](/documentation/SpriteKit/SKSpriteNode/colorBlendFactor) properties to colorize the texture applied to a sprite node. The color blend factor defaults to `0.0`, which indicates that the texture should be used unmodified. As you increase this number, more of the texture color is replaced with the blended color. For example, when a monster in your game takes damage, you might want to add a red tint to the character. The following code shows how you would apply a tint to the sprite. ```swift monsterSprite.color = .red monsterSprite.colorBlendFactor = 0.5 ```  You can also animate the color and color blend factors using actions. The following code shows how to briefly tint the sprite and then return it to normal. ```swift let pulsedRed = SKAction.sequence([ SKAction.colorize(with: .red, colorBlendFactor: 1.0, duration: 0.15), SKAction.wait(forDuration: 0.1), SKAction.colorize(withColorBlendFactor: 0.0, duration: 0.15)]) spaceship.run(pulsedRed) ``` --- Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. | [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html) | [Privacy Policy](https://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy)