iPhone – How do you color an image?

Make this a UIImage category. It also takes into account the scale factor with iOS 4.

- (UIImage *)imageWithOverlayColor:(UIColor *)color
{        
    CGRect rect = CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, self.size.width, self.size.height);

    if (UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions) {
        CGFloat imageScale = 1.0f;
        if ([self respondsToSelector:@selector(scale)])  // The scale property is new with iOS4.
            imageScale = self.scale;
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(self.size, NO, imageScale);
    }
    else {
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(self.size);
    }

    [self drawInRect:rect];

    CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
    CGContextSetBlendMode(context, kCGBlendModeSourceIn);

    CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(context, color.CGColor);
    CGContextFillRect(context, rect);

    UIImage *image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

    return image;
}

UPDATE – Swift version:

func imageWithColor(color: UIColor) -> UIImage {
    let rect = CGRect(x: 0.0, y: 0.0, width: size.width, height: size.height)
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(self.size, false, 0.0);
    drawInRect(rect)
    let context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()
    CGContextSetBlendMode(context, .SourceIn)
    CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(context, color.CGColor)
    CGContextFillRect(context, rect);
    let image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
    return image
}