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 count on from Apple’s upcoming smartphone, like a redesigned digicam and an even bigger battery. However when you’re all about Apple’s aesthetics, design and sleekness, you are in all probability eyeing what colours the iPhone 17 may are available in.
The iPhone 16 got here in a number of coloration 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 Professional and Professional Max fashions. However this 12 months, 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 huge reveal. Here is what we have gathered from the swirling rumors about doable iPhone 17 colours.
The total coloration lineup for Apple’s 2025 iPhones
Here is the total lineup for the rumored iPhone 17 base and Air fashions, in line with leaker Majin Bu’s picture 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 return within the traditional black and white, together with 4 new colours.
- Black
- White
- Grey
- Mild inexperienced
- Mild purple
iPhone 17 Air colours
- Black
- White
- Blue grey
- Sky blue
- Mild gold
iPhone 17 Professional and Professional Max colours
- Black
- White
- Grey
- Darkish blue
- Orange
Yeux1122 has the same lineup of their publish, 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. Nevertheless, when you use a coloured telephone cowl as a substitute, like I do, this chance could possibly be welcome.
The iPhone coloration I did not see coming
Purple, blue and inexperienced are all a part of the identical coloration palette. The impartial colours do not fairly shock me since they’re customary for iPhones at this level. However the coloration orange is stunning. Dickson expects that the colour will solely be for the Professional and Professional Max fashions.
Leaker Scott Dickson additionally famous the orange shade might find yourself being a darkish gold or copper, however no different rumors level to that new coloration but.
iPhone 17 lens safety cowl will match the telephone coloration. 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 coloration that the iPhone 17 Professional would possibly are available in.
The early rumored coloration for the iPhone 17 was sky blue.
Effectively-known leaker Majin Bu posted the rumor of the brand new coloration on their weblog, calling it “a refined, shiny, and fashionable shade.” However why sky blue?
Maybe as a result of the newest M4 MacBook Air at present is available in sky blue, an iPhone in the identical coloration could possibly be an aesthetic win for sky blue MacBook house owners.
Bu initially wrote that the sky blue coloration could possibly be for the iPhone 17 Professional, however lately scrapped that rumor to say sky blue can be for the iPhone 17 Air.
It looks as if 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 possibility for the iPhone 17 base mannequin and a darkish blue for the iPhone 17 Professional. However primarily based 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 accessible for iPhone 17.
The potential for purple
Bu posted on X and their weblog on June 20 that Apple is testing purple and inexperienced, however that purple could possibly be one other new coloration 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 “recent and pure tone, ideally suited 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 deliver 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 primarily based on titanium, it raises the query: Will an aluminum body imply new colours?
The one telephone within the iPhone 17 lineup that might 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 coloration variations for the essential fashions, and extra impartial colours for the Professional and Professional Max iPhone fashions. As an example:
The iPhone 14 got here in six colours: midnight, starlight, purple, blue, purple and yellow. Nevertheless, the iPhone 14 Professional and Professional 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 coloration for its base mannequin.
iPhone 15 fashions had been accessible 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 Professional and Professional Max colours did not change from the iPhone 15 Professional and Professional Max. Nevertheless, the opposite iPhone 16 fashions had been accessible 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 possibility may effectively be in your future.
