The rumored iPhone 17 could possibly be introduced in lower than a month.
There are many rumors flying round about what we are able to anticipate from Apple’s upcoming smartphone, like a redesigned digital camera and an even bigger battery. However for those who’re all about Apple’s aesthetics, design and sleekness, you are in all probability eyeing what colours the iPhone 17 may are available.
The iPhone 16 got here in just a few shade waves, together with the standard black and white we have seen for years. However we additionally noticed pink, teal and ultramarine for base fashions, together with titanium finishes for Pro and Pro Max models. However this yr, there are rumors that we may see iPhone colours we have by no means seen earlier than and some acquainted ones — just like the M4 MacBook Air’s Sky Blue. And as a substitute of titanium, we may see aluminum finishes. Extra on that under.
Time is inching nearer to Apple’s large reveal. This is what we have gathered from the swirling rumors about potential iPhone 17 colors.
The total shade lineup for Apple’s 2025 iPhones
This is the total lineup for the rumored iPhone 17 base and Air fashions, in line with leaker Majin Bu’s image on X.
iPhone 17 Lineup Colours pic.twitter.com/Np86kDD7Fj
— Majin Bu (@MajinBuOfficial) July 30, 2025
iPhone 17 colours
The bottom mannequin of the iPhone 17 is rumored to come back within the traditional black and white, together with 4 new colours.
- Black
- White
- Grey
- Gentle inexperienced
- Gentle purple
iPhone 17 Air colours
- Black
- White
- Blue grey
- Sky blue
- Gentle gold
iPhone 17 Professional and Professional Max colours
- Black
- White
- Grey
- Darkish blue
- Orange
Yeux1122 has an analogous lineup in their post, however the base choices do not embrace grey.
Black and silver aren’t stunning since we have seen each impartial colours in earlier iPhone fashions and generations. Nonetheless, for those who use a coloured cellphone cowl as a substitute, like I do, this chance could possibly be welcome.
The iPhone shade I did not see coming
Purple, blue and inexperienced are all a part of the identical shade palette. The impartial colours do not fairly shock me since they’re normal for iPhones at this level. However the shade orange is surprising. Dickson expects that the colour will solely be for the Professional and Professional Max fashions.
Leaker Scott Dickson additionally famous the orange shade could find yourself being a darkish gold or copper, however no different rumors level to that new shade but.
iPhone 17 lens safety cowl will match the cellphone shade. The orange one for the Professional Max would possibly trace at a brand new shade, probably darkish gold or copper. pic.twitter.com/BMamZ45now
— Sonny Dickson (@SonnyDickson) July 14, 2025
Sky blue could possibly be previous to Apple, however a brand new iPhone hue
Right here is the MacBook Air M4 in sky blue, the identical shade that the iPhone 17 Professional would possibly are available.
The early rumored shade for the iPhone 17 was sky blue.
Properly-known leaker Majin Bu posted the rumor of the brand new shade on their blog, calling it “a refined, vivid, and trendy shade.” However why sky blue?
Maybe as a result of the newest M4 MacBook Air presently is available in sky blue, an iPhone in the identical shade could possibly be an aesthetic win for sky blue MacBook house owners.
Bu initially wrote that the sky blue shade could possibly be for the iPhone 17 Professional, however not too long ago scrapped that rumor to say sky blue can be for the iPhone 17 Air.
It looks like there is a chance for various shades of blue, as we see within the lineup above. Rumor has it that there could possibly be a blue option for the iPhone 17 base mannequin and a dark blue for the iPhone 17 Professional. However based mostly on Bu’s publish, there is a chance of the iPhone 17 Air getting a sky blue hue. We’ll have to attend and see which — if any — blues shall be out there for iPhone 17.
The opportunity of purple
Bu posted on X and their blog on June 20 that Apple is testing purple and inexperienced, however that purple could possibly be one other new shade for the iPhone 17’s base fashions.
Bu mentioned that purple may meet Apple’s rumored demand for extra personalization whereas mixing into Apple’s ecosystem for its different merchandise.
If inexperienced is added to the iPhone 17 lineup, Bu says it could possibly be a “contemporary and pure tone, very best for a minimalist but hanging aesthetic.” Yeux1122 and Dickinson included each purple and inexperienced of their rumored lineups this month.
May an aluminum iPhone design carry extra colours?
Right here is the iPhone 16 (left), 16 Plus, 16 Professional and 16 Professional Max.
The iPhone 16 Professional and Professional Max have a titanium body, however analyst Jeff Pu predicted that the iPhone 17 may usher within the return of the aluminum body for each the Professional and baseline fashions, as we have seen with earlier variations just like the iPhone 14 lineup. Contemplating the iPhone 16 Professional and Professional Max’s colours are based mostly on titanium, it raises the query: Will an aluminum body imply new colours?
The one cellphone within the iPhone 17 lineup that would have a titanium body is the rumored slimmer iPhone 17 Air, in line with Pu. We’ll have to attend and see what Apple decides.
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A have a look at previous iPhone colours
Right here is an iPhone 14 Professional in deep purple.
Apple likes to launch each new and acquainted colours for each new iPhone launch.
Normally, we see extra shade variations for the fundamental fashions, and extra impartial colours for the Professional and Professional Max iPhone fashions. For example:
The iPhone 14 got here in six colours: midnight, starlight, crimson, blue, purple and yellow. Nonetheless, the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max fashions solely got here in black, silver, gold and deep purple. The identical is true for the 15 mannequin telephones, however Apple supplied one fewer shade for its base mannequin.
iPhone 15 models have been out there in pink, yellow, inexperienced, blue and black, whereas Professional and Professional Max fashions arrived in additional impartial tones like white, blue, black and pure titanium.
The iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max colours did not change from the iPhone 15 Professional and Professional Max. Nonetheless, the opposite iPhone 16 fashions have been out there in ultramarine, teal, pink, white and black.
It’s unclear what number of new colours we might even see from the rumored iPhone 17, however as of now, a sky blue choice may nicely be in your future.
