Which iPhone 15 colors will be on offer at launch is one of the key bits of information for any buyer. It's the biggest choice you can make after picking your specific model and storage capacity, and the one that's most expressive of your style, unless you put a case on it of course.
Colors can have a huge impact on what people make of a phone. Take the yellow color Apple's introduced to the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus in March. While some people might appreciate the bright Minion-esque hue, others possibly found the new look garish and a little cartoonish. But it adds a sixth color to the iPhone 14 lineup, giving shoppers more choice and — from Apple's perspective at least — potentially spurring additional sales.
So, yes — colors will be an important part of the iPhone 15 story, which is probably why we've heard a smattering of rumors about the colors under consideration. And now that the likely iPhone 15 release date is less than a month out, it looks like iPhone 15 could come in 6 new colors.
A lot can change before September, but here's what we know about iPhone 15 colors and what past color decisions can tell us about this year's models.
iPhone 15 colors: What Apple's done recently
Before we dive into iPhone 15 color rumors, it might help to look back at the color choices Apple has made for recent phone releases. If we do, we'll see a few patterns emerge.
| Phones | Original Colors | Additional color added after launch |
| iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus | Midnight, Starlight, Blue, Purple, [Product] Red | Yellow |
| iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max | Space Black, Gold, Silver, Deep Purple | None |
| iPhone 13, iPhone 13 mini | Midnight, Starlight, Blue, Pink, [Product] Red | Green |
| iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max | Graphite, Gold, Silver, Sierra Blue | Alpine Green |
| iPhone 12, iPhone 12 mini | Black, White, Blue, Green, [Product] Red | Purple |
| iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max | Graphite, Gold, Silver, Pacific Blue | None |
| iPhone 11 | Black, White, Purple, Green, Yellow, [Product] Red | None |
| iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max | Space Gray, Gold, Silver, Midnight Green | None |
Looking at the standard iPhone over the past four years, Apple tends to offer consumers a choice of five colors when the handsets launch in the fall. (The exception was 2019's iPhone 11 release, where that model was available in half-a-dozen colors.) iPhone Pro choices tend to be a bit more limited — the last four iPhone Pro releases have come in just four colors.
As for color options themselves, the standard iPhone models — this includes the iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 13 mini and more recently the iPhone 14 Plus — tend to come in bright colors, compared to the more subdued options available for the Pro models. A few favorites tend to return year after year: There's always a [Product] Red iPhone as well as black and white models. (Apple's called those Midnight and Starlight as of late.) On the iPhone Pro front, gold, silver and some type of graphite or black are the mainstays, with a fourth option that changes from year to year.
There's one other wrinkle to iPhone colors. Since the iPhone 12, Apple has introduced at least one new color in the spring, similar to this year's yellow iPhone 14. The iPhone 12 and 12 mini received a purple option. For the iPhone 13 and 13 mini, it was green, while the iPhone 13 Pro got its own Alpine Green option.
One thing about those spring colors: They don't stick around for the new iPhones that come out the subsequent fall. In other words, we don't expect that new yellow shade to have any influence on the iPhone 15 colors.
iPhone 15 colors: What we've heard
There have only been a handful of rumors so far about iPhone 15 colors, but on the bright side, a lot of them have been making the same claims. That makes us fairly confident that what we've heard so far is pretty solid.
9to5Mac cites a source that claims the iPhone 15 Pro will feature a dark red color option. This particular hue would replace the Deep Purple color available for the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. A secondary source backs up that dark red color rumor, but 9to5Mac later claimed that we'll actually be seeing a dark blue color instead.
Colors for the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max may be a departure from past years, given another rumor about those two models. Reportedly, Apple is switching from stainless steel to titanium for the iPhone 15 Pro, and that new material could impact wht colors Apple uses for its Pro phones.
There are titanium Apple Watches that come in silver and black, and those could appear as potential iPhone 15 Pro colors as well. 9to5Mac has reported that we'll get a "Titanium Gray" color on the Pro models this year, but that would come at the expense of the long-standing gold option. We've seen a video appear since then that shows dummy units of the iPhone 15 Pro with all four of these hues.
iPhone 15 colors are little bit more straightforward. The same 9to5Mac report from earlier claims that light blue and pink are being tested as possible options for the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus. As described, the former option is essentially a sky blue-colored shade while the latter has a bubblegum pink appearance.
If light blue and pink end up making the grade for the iPhone 15, they'd slot in quite nicely with the Midnight, Starlight and [Product] Red colors likely to return from previous iPhone models.
However, another color option could be in the mix for the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus. A leaker went on Weibo and claimed a cyan color is in the works for those two models. Apparently, it will resemble the green shade Apple last used for the iPhone 12. Another source describes a similar color, only calling it mint green instead of cyan.
The original leaker also predicts a new look for the iPhone 15. Instead of the glossy back used on the current iPhone 14, the upcoming iPhone 15 would feature a frosted glass panel more reminiscent of the iPhone 14 Pro's look. That would fall in line with the ideal that the iPhone 15 Pro will have to get a new back that's more compatible with its titanium materials.
Since then, another source is claiming we'll see yellow, green and pink iPhone 15 colors, plus Apple's usual Midnight, Starlight and Product (RED) options.
iPhone 15 colors: What we're expecting
It's still too early to definitively say which colors are coming to the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro this fall. While the current rumors about colors seem solid enough, Apple has been known to change its mind depending on how prototyping and production goes.
With that said, assuming the iPhone 15 comes in five colors as its predecessors have, we like the idea of light blue and green iPhones joining Midnight, Starlight and [Product Red] options. (Pink could supplant either of those first two color options as well.) Likewise, we'd certainly expect silver and black iPhone 15 Pro models, joined by the rumored dark red color. It remains to be seen if Apple keeps the gold color for its Pro phones or scales down to three color options for the new models.
