How to compare UIColors?

Question

Have you tried [myColor isEqual:someOtherColor] ?

As zoul pointed out in the comments, isEqual: will return NO when comparing colors that are in different models/spaces (for instance #FFF with [UIColor whiteColor]). I wrote this UIColor extension that converts both colors to the same color space before comparing them:

- (BOOL)isEqualToColor:(UIColor *)otherColor {
    CGColorSpaceRef colorSpaceRGB = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();

    UIColor *(^convertColorToRGBSpace)(UIColor*) = ^(UIColor *color) {
        if (CGColorSpaceGetModel(CGColorGetColorSpace(color.CGColor)) == kCGColorSpaceModelMonochrome) {
            const CGFloat *oldComponents = CGColorGetComponents(color.CGColor);
            CGFloat components[4] = {oldComponents[0], oldComponents[0], oldComponents[0], oldComponents[1]};
            CGColorRef colorRef = CGColorCreate( colorSpaceRGB, components );

            UIColor *color = [UIColor colorWithCGColor:colorRef];
            CGColorRelease(colorRef);
            return color;            
        } else
            return color;
    };

    UIColor *selfColor = convertColorToRGBSpace(self);
    otherColor = convertColorToRGBSpace(otherColor);
    CGColorSpaceRelease(colorSpaceRGB);

    return [selfColor isEqual:otherColor];
}

This might be a bit too late, but CoreGraphics has an easier API to achieve this:

CGColorEqualToColor(myColor.CGColor, [UIColor clearColor].CGColor)

Like the documentation says:

Indicates whether two colors are equal. Two colors are equal if they have equal color spaces and numerically equal color components.

This solves a lot trouble and leaking/custom algorithms.

samvermette's solution translated to swift:

extension UIColor {
    func isEqualToColor(otherColor : UIColor) -> Bool {
        if self == otherColor {
            return true
        }

        let colorSpaceRGB = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB()
        let convertColorToRGBSpace : ((color : UIColor) -> UIColor?) = { (color) -> UIColor? in
            if CGColorSpaceGetModel(CGColorGetColorSpace(color.CGColor)) == CGColorSpaceModel.Monochrome {
                let oldComponents = CGColorGetComponents(color.CGColor)
                let components : [CGFloat] = [ oldComponents[0], oldComponents[0], oldComponents[0], oldComponents[1] ]
                let colorRef = CGColorCreate(colorSpaceRGB, components)
                let colorOut = UIColor(CGColor: colorRef!)
                return colorOut
            }
            else {
                return color;
            }
        }

        let selfColor = convertColorToRGBSpace(color: self)
        let otherColor = convertColorToRGBSpace(color: otherColor)

        if let selfColor = selfColor, otherColor = otherColor {
            return selfColor.isEqual(otherColor)
        }
        else {
            return false
        }
    }
}