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# MTLSamplerBorderColor

Values that determine the border color for clamped texture values when the sampler address mode is [`MTLSamplerAddressMode.clampToBorderColor`](/documentation/Metal/MTLSamplerAddressMode/clampToBorderColor).

```
enum MTLSamplerBorderColor
```

## Topics

### Specifying border color options

[`MTLSamplerBorderColor.transparentBlack`](/documentation/Metal/MTLSamplerBorderColor/transparentBlack)

A transparent black color `(0,0,0,0)` for texture values outside the border.

[`MTLSamplerBorderColor.opaqueBlack`](/documentation/Metal/MTLSamplerBorderColor/opaqueBlack)

An opaque black color `(0,0,0,1)` for texture values outside the border

[`MTLSamplerBorderColor.opaqueWhite`](/documentation/Metal/MTLSamplerBorderColor/opaqueWhite)

An opaque white color `(1,1,1,1)` for texture values outside the border.


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