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# tintColor

The tint color to apply to the tab bar items.

```
var tintColor: UIColor! { get set }
```

## Discussion

Assigning a value to this property applies the specified color only to the tab bar’s items. Even if you do not specify a color, the tab bar may tint items using the tint color of one of its ancestor views. For information on how tinting colors are applied to views in a view hierarchy, see the description of the [`tintColor`](/documentation/UIKit/UIView/tintColor) property in [`UIView`](/documentation/UIKit/UIView).

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