The iPhone 16 and the iPhone 16 Pro reveals are likely just weeks away, and while we're not expecting major design changes, it's likely we'll see some new color options for the latest devices.
With the likes of Purple, Bronze, and even a return to Rose Gold mooted by leaks and reports, we've rounded up everything we know about what colors will and won't be making the cut.
So, once you decide which model iPhone 16 to pick up, hopefully this page will help you make a decision on which shade you'll go for to speed up the preorder process..
iPhone 16 colors
In April it was reported that the iPhone 16 would feature the same color-infused back glass as the iPhone 15. That’s both good and bad news. As we noted in our iPhone 15 review, the frosted matte finish of the iPhone 15 feels absolutely delightful and is a huge step up from previous designs. However, the colors are very muted, so unless you buy the black, you’re really getting a lightly tinted shade of white.
As to what colors specifically we can expect, the current iPhone 15 ships in Blue, Pink, Yellow, Green, and Black. A report in April suggested the new iPhone 16 and 16 Plus will add to that lineup with new purple and white shades on top of the existing lineup.
More recently in May, top insider Ming-Chi Kuo reported that the iPhone 16 would only ship in five colors, Black, Green, Pink, Blue, and White. That would lend some credence to the previous rumor of a White model, but there’s no sign of Purple. Kuo said Apple could follow its MacBook naming conventions and give the white option a fancy name like Starlight.
As such, it seems that Apple is retaining its Blue, Yellow, Green, and Black shades. However, the introduction of a White or Purple version, or the end of the Yellow option, remains more of a mystery.
Another rumor from July suggests that we'll be getting white, black, emerald green, baby pink, and bright blue.
Specific shades aside, however, it’s clear the regular iPhone will retain its brighter and more colorful palette and the popular new color-infused finish introduced last year.
iPhone 16 Pro colors
As mentioned, the iPhone 16 Pro should launch in its usual stable of more muted and premium shades. But what exactly those colors will be remains to be seen. In the same aforementioned iPhone 16 report, Ming-Chi Kuo also revealed that the iPhone 16 Pro should ship in black, white, natural titanium, and a new rose color that sounds a lot like pink, or perhaps a throwback to the popular rose gold iPhones of old.
The exact same color lineup was leaked in March too, so all the signs are pointing in the same direction when it comes to the iPhone 16 Pro color lineup. As you might have noticed, that would likely signal an end to the blue titanium color. Apple’s more premium iPhone finish lends itself more to metallic colors because of its brushed finish, so there’s hope a rose (or gold) iPhone could look pretty fantastic in this year’s lineup.
In July and August, we heard another pair of rumors about the iPhone Pro color lineup. We could finally be getting a bronze shade of titanium, but this could also be the 'Rose' variant we'd heard about before.
More definitive is a report that we'll get a matte black titanium finish, which could be the best-looking iPhone 16 model, while Mark Gurman of Bloomberg suggested in August that we'll see Blue replaced with Rose Gold.
That’s everything we know about the iPhone 16’s color lineup so far. With just a few months until launch, we don’t have long to wait and find out what exactly Apple has in store.
