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# borderColor

The border color for clamped texture values.

```
var borderColor: MTLSamplerBorderColor { get set }
```

## Discussion

This value is only used when the sampler address mode is [`MTLSamplerAddressMode.clampToBorderColor`](/documentation/Metal/MTLSamplerAddressMode/clampToBorderColor).

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