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# init(cgColor:)

Creates a color object using the specified Quartz color reference.

```
init(cgColor: CGColor)
```

## Parameters

`cgColor`

A reference to a Quartz color.

## Return Value

An initialized color object. The color information represented by this object is in the native colorspace of the specified Quartz color.

## See Also

[`+ (UIColor *) colorWithCGColor:(CGColorRef) cgColor;`](/documentation/UIKit/UIColor/colorWithCGColor:)

Creates a color object using the specified Quartz color reference.


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