# GraphicsContext.Shading A color or pattern that you can use to outline or fill a path. ``` struct Shading ``` ## Overview Use a shading instance to describe the color or pattern of a path that you outline with a method like [`stroke(_:with:style:)`](/documentation/SwiftUI/GraphicsContext/stroke(_:with:style:)), or of the interior of a region that you fill with the [`fill(_:with:style:)`](/documentation/SwiftUI/GraphicsContext/fill(_:with:style:)) method. Get a shading instance by calling one of the `Shading` structure’s factory methods. You can base shading on: - A [`Color`](/documentation/SwiftUI/Color). - A [`Gradient`](/documentation/SwiftUI/Gradient). - Any type that conforms to [`ShapeStyle`](/documentation/SwiftUI/ShapeStyle). - An [`Image`](/documentation/SwiftUI/Image). - What you’ve already drawn into the context. - A collection of other shading instances. ## Topics ### Colors [`static func color(Color) -> GraphicsContext.Shading`](/documentation/SwiftUI/GraphicsContext/Shading/color(_:)) Returns a shading instance that fills with a color. [`static func color(Color.RGBColorSpace, red: Double, green: Double, blue: Double, opacity: Double) -> GraphicsContext.Shading`](/documentation/SwiftUI/GraphicsContext/Shading/color(_:red:green:blue:opacity:)) Returns a shading instance that fills with a color in the given color space. [`static func color(Color.RGBColorSpace, white: Double, opacity: Double) -> GraphicsContext.Shading`](/documentation/SwiftUI/GraphicsContext/Shading/color(_:white:opacity:)) Returns a shading instance that fills with a monochrome color in the given color space. ### Gradients [`static linearGradient(_:startPoint:endPoint:options:)`](/documentation/SwiftUI/GraphicsContext/Shading/linearGradient(_:startPoint:endPoint:options:)) Returns a shading instance that fills a linear (axial) gradient. [`static radialGradient(_:center:startRadius:endRadius:options:)`](/documentation/SwiftUI/GraphicsContext/Shading/radialGradient(_:center:startRadius:endRadius:options:)) Returns a shading instance that fills a radial gradient. [`static conicGradient(_:center:angle:options:)`](/documentation/SwiftUI/GraphicsContext/Shading/conicGradient(_:center:angle:options:)) Returns a shading instance that fills a conic (angular) gradient. ### Other shape styles [`static func style(S) -> GraphicsContext.Shading`](/documentation/SwiftUI/GraphicsContext/Shading/style(_:)) Returns a shading instance that fills with the given shape style. [`static var foreground: GraphicsContext.Shading`](/documentation/SwiftUI/GraphicsContext/Shading/foreground) A shading instance that fills with the foreground style from the graphics context’s environment. ### Images [`static func tiledImage(Image, origin: CGPoint, sourceRect: CGRect, scale: CGFloat) -> GraphicsContext.Shading`](/documentation/SwiftUI/GraphicsContext/Shading/tiledImage(_:origin:sourceRect:scale:)) Returns a shading instance that tiles an image across the infinite plane. ### Composite shading types [`static func palette([GraphicsContext.Shading]) -> GraphicsContext.Shading`](/documentation/SwiftUI/GraphicsContext/Shading/palette(_:)) Returns a multilevel shading instance constructed from an array of shading instances. [`static var backdrop: GraphicsContext.Shading`](/documentation/SwiftUI/GraphicsContext/Shading/backdrop) A shading instance that draws a copy of the current background. ### Using a custom Metal shader [`static func shader(Shader, bounds: CGRect) -> GraphicsContext.Shading`](/documentation/SwiftUI/GraphicsContext/Shading/shader(_:bounds:)) Returns a shading instance that fills with the results of querying a shader for each pixel. ### Type Methods [`static func meshGradient(MeshGradient) -> GraphicsContext.Shading`](/documentation/SwiftUI/GraphicsContext/Shading/meshGradient(_:)) Returns a shading instance that fills with a mesh gradient. [`static radialGradient(_:startCenter:startRadius:endCenter:endRadius:options:)`](/documentation/SwiftUI/GraphicsContext/Shading/radialGradient(_:startCenter:startRadius:endCenter:endRadius:options:)) Returns a shading that fills a two-point radial gradient. ## Relationships ### Conforms To [`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable) [`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype) --- 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)