Darkish Cherry is coming quickly: See the iPhone 18 Professional's confirmed new colours

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Macworld studies that Apple is growing a brand new “Darkish Cherry” signature shade for the iPhone 18 Professional, described as a deep wine-like crimson shade.
The iPhone 18 Professional sequence is predicted to function design refinements together with a smaller Dynamic Island and decreased digicam bump gaps for elevated display house.
Apple could launch three iPhone 18 fashions in 2026: the Professional, Professional Max, and a brand new foldable iPhone Extremely with twin cameras and 4.7mm thickness when unfolded.

It’s iPhone leaks season once more. In simply a few months, Apple is predicted to unveil three new telephones: the iPhone 18 Professional and 18 Professional Max, and a brand new foldable iPhone now rumored to be known as the iPhone Extremely. However as at all times, some of the vital questions for consumers might be, What colours will Apple launch this time?

Like final yr, Macworld has obtained data from a supply aware of Apple’s provide chain concerning the colour choices for the iPhone 18 lineup. We will now reveal an inside have a look at the colours Apple is planning to launch in 2026, together with our personal renders to indicate what to anticipate.

Darkish Cherry is the new new hue

Yearly, Apple introduces a brand new signature shade for the iPhone Professional fashions. With the iPhone 17 Professional, the colour that stood out essentially the most was the colourful Cosmic Orange. What about this yr’s fashions?

Whereas different sources have beforehand reported on a “Darkish Pink” shade, the knowledge we’ve heard means that Apple has been engaged on a Darkish Cherry choice to function the headline new shade for the iPhone 18 Professional and iPhone 18 Professional Max. Beforehand, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman and different leakers had instructed that Apple has been experimenting with a shade of crimson for this yr’s telephones, however we are able to reveal the hue might be a lot nearer to wine than fruit punch.

Whereas Darkish Cherry shade received’t be as vibrant and hanging as Cosmic Orange in individual, it is going to nonetheless be distinctive sufficient to tell apart it as the brand new iPhone 18 Professional. As at all times, Apple is predicted to discontinue the present lineup of colours, together with Cosmic Orange.

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Apple has additionally been reportedly experimenting with two different new shade choices for this yr’s Professional lineup. One among them is Mild Blue, which might resemble the present Mist Blue shade of the bottom iPhone 17. The opposite shade in improvement is a darkish shade of grey. Lastly, our supply additionally studies on the existence of a silver variant of the iPhone 18 Professional, much like the present era.

As soon as once more, our supply notes that the colours are all in improvement, however for the reason that iPhone 18 Professional hasn’t gone into mass manufacturing but, Apple nonetheless has time to alter them. Additionally, keep in mind that Apple doesn’t at all times supply 4 shade choices for the Professional fashions, so certainly one of these hues could possibly be dropped.

Final yr, each Macworld and the dependable leaker Sonny Dickson reported that Apple had additionally thought of launching the iPhone 17 Professional in black or metal grey. Nevertheless, these shade choices by no means noticed the sunshine of day.

Listed below are the Pantone shade codes our says are getting used internally by Apple:

Mild Blue (Pantone 2121)
Darkish Cherry (Pantone 6076)
Darkish Grey (Pantone 426C)
Silver (Pantone 427C)

We used these codes to generate the picture above. In fact, colours could look a bit completely different in actual life as a result of materials and lighting situations. Since this report was revealed, we’ve seen real-world proof of those colours, particularly the Darkish Cherry hue, so we’re assured it is going to be among the many choices when the cellphone arrives in September.

A really acquainted design with minor adjustments

Macworld’s sources additionally had entry to the CAD drawings of the brand new iPhones. These paperwork assist the rumors that the iPhone 18 Professional and iPhone 18 Professional Max will look similar to their predecessors, with solely minor adjustments.

Most notably, the renders present a smaller Dynamic Island on the display, which has been rumored to be one of many adjustments for this yr’s fashions. This implies the show may have extra display house for content material when the Dynamic Island isn’t exhibiting Reside Actions.

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One other attention-grabbing change famous by our supply is that, in one of many renders, the hole between the glass cutout on the again and the digicam bump is a bit smaller. Our supply was unable to confirm whether or not that is an previous render, or if Apple is transferring ahead with a design change.

Final yr, a Weibo leaker generally known as Prompt Digital reported that Apple would undertake a brand new course of to reduce the colour distinction between the glass and the aluminum body, so maybe that change additionally includes decreasing the hole between the glass and the digicam bump in some unspecified time in the future.

Extra impartial colours for the foldable iPhone

We’ve additionally obtained particulars concerning the shade choices for the rumored foldable iPhone. The system, which is able to reportedly seem like an iPad mini when unfolded, received’t are available in enjoyable colours like the bottom iPhone and should have even fewer choices than the iPhone Professional.

For the foldable iPhone, Apple has been engaged on a basic silver and white mannequin, in addition to an Indigo possibility much like the iPhone 17 Professional’s Deep Blue.

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The supply additionally corroborates leaked CADs and renders exhibiting the potential design of the foldable iPhone, which is predicted to function two rear cameras, a selfie digicam on the outer show, and one other selfie digicam within the upper-left nook of the internal show. The schematics seen by our supply reveal that the foldable iPhone might be simply 4.7 millimeters thick when unfolded, making it considerably thinner than the 5.6mm iPhone Air.

The iPhone 18 Professional, 18 Professional Max, and the foldable iPhone are all anticipated to launch in September, whereas some analysts recommend that the foldable mannequin will hit shops at a later date. The bottom mannequin of the iPhone 18, the iPhone 18e, and a brand new Air have been rumored to reach within the first half of 2027, which has additionally been confirmed by our supply.