---
title: textColor
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/uitextview/textcolor
---

# textColor

The color of the text.

## Declaration

```swift
var textColor: UIColor? { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion This property applies to the entire text string. The default text color is black. In iOS 6 and later, assigning a new value to this property causes the new text color to be applied to the entire contents of the text view. If you want to apply the color to only a portion of the text, you must create a new attributed string with the desired style information and assign it to the attributedText property.

## See Also

### Related Documentation

- [backgroundColor](uikit/uiview/backgroundcolor.md)

### Configuring appearance attributes

- [font](uikit/uitextview/font.md)
- [textAlignment](uikit/uitextview/textalignment.md)
- [typingAttributes](uikit/uitextview/typingattributes.md)
- [linkTextAttributes](uikit/uitextview/linktextattributes.md)
- [borderStyle](uikit/uitextview/borderstyle-swift.property.md)
- [textHighlightAttributes](uikit/uitextview/texthighlightattributes.md)
- [drawTextHighlightBackground(for:origin:)](uikit/uitextview/drawtexthighlightbackground(for:origin:).md)
- [UITextView.BorderStyle](uikit/uitextview/borderstyle-swift.enum.md)