Howto: Get UIImage from UIColor

gistfile1.swift

func imageFromColor(color:UIColor) -> UIImage  {
        
    let rect = CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0)
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(rect.size)
    let context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext() as CGContextRef
        
    CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(context, color.CGColor)
    CGContextFillRect(context, rect)
        
    let image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
    
    return image
}