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# CIColorMonochrome

The properties you use to configure a color monochrome filter.

```
protocol CIColorMonochrome : CIFilterProtocol
```

## Topics

### Instance Properties

[`color`](/documentation/CoreImage/CIColorMonochrome/color)

The monochrome color to apply to the image.

[`inputImage`](/documentation/CoreImage/CIColorMonochrome/inputImage)

The image to use as an input image.

[`intensity`](/documentation/CoreImage/CIColorMonochrome/intensity)

The intensity of the monochrome effect.

## See Also

[`colorMonochrome()`](/documentation/CoreImage/CIFilter-swift.class/colorMonochrome())

Adjusts an image’s colors to shades of a single color.


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