-(void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event { UITouch *touch = [[event allTouches] anyObject]; CGPoint loc = [touch locationInView:self.view]; self.pickedColor = [self colorOfPoint:loc]; self.theColor.backgroundColor = self.pickedColor; } -(UIColor *) colorOfPoint:(CGPoint)point { unsigned char pixel[4] = {0}; CGColorSpaceRef colorSpace = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB(); CGContextRef context = CGBitmapContextCreate(pixel, 1, 1, 8, 4, colorSpace, kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedLast); CGContextTranslateCTM(context, -point.x, -point.y); [self.view.layer renderInContext:context]; CGContextRelease(context); CGColorSpaceRelease(colorSpace); UIColor *color = [UIColor colorWithRed:pixel[0]/255.0 green:pixel[1]/255.0 blue:pixel[2]/255.0 alpha:pixel[3]/255.0]; return color; }

-(void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event {
    UITouch *touch = [[event allTouches] anyObject];
    CGPoint loc = [touch locationInView:self.view];
    self.pickedColor = [self colorOfPoint:loc];
    self.theColor.backgroundColor = self.pickedColor;
}

-(UIColor *) colorOfPoint:(CGPoint)point {
    unsigned char pixel[4] = {0};
    CGColorSpaceRef colorSpace = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
    CGContextRef context = CGBitmapContextCreate(pixel, 1, 1, 8, 4, colorSpace, kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedLast);

    CGContextTranslateCTM(context, -point.x, -point.y);

    [self.view.layer renderInContext:context];

    CGContextRelease(context);
    CGColorSpaceRelease(colorSpace);
    UIColor *color = [UIColor colorWithRed:pixel[0]/255.0 green:pixel[1]/255.0 blue:pixel[2]/255.0 alpha:pixel[3]/255.0];

    return color;
}