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# UIImage.RenderingMode

Constants that specify the possible rendering modes for an image.

```
enum RenderingMode
```

## Overview

The rendering mode controls how UIKit uses color information to display an image. See [Providing images for different appearances](/documentation/UIKit/providing-images-for-different-appearances) for creating tintable images with template mode.

## Topics

### Rendering modes

[`UIImage.RenderingMode.automatic`](/documentation/UIKit/UIImage/RenderingMode-swift.enum/automatic)

Draw the image using the context’s default rendering mode.

[`UIImage.RenderingMode.alwaysOriginal`](/documentation/UIKit/UIImage/RenderingMode-swift.enum/alwaysOriginal)

Always draw the original image, without treating it as a template.

[`UIImage.RenderingMode.alwaysTemplate`](/documentation/UIKit/UIImage/RenderingMode-swift.enum/alwaysTemplate)

Always draw the image as a template image, ignoring its color information.


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