The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max come in four colors: Silver, Black, Glacier and Burgundy. Both sizes get all four, at every storage tier from 256GB up to the new 2TB option. Burgundy is the statement color this year, replacing the Cosmic Orange that defined the iPhone 17 Pro, and Black returns to the Pro line after sitting out a generation.
Quick answer
Four finishes: Silver, Black, Glacier (a pale cool blue) and Burgundy (a deep wine red). Same four on the Pro and the Pro Max, no size exclusive shades. Cosmic Orange and Deep Blue from the iPhone 17 Pro are both gone. The aluminum frame and the Ceramic Shield back panel are matched far more closely than last year, so the two tone look of the 17 Pro is over. Prices start at $1,199 for the Pro and $1,299 for the Pro Max, and phones started arriving September 18.
Apple kept the Pro palette to four options again, but swapped three quarters of it. Only Silver carries over from 2025. If you are choosing between them, the practical differences come down to how much attention each one draws, how visible fingerprints are on the aluminum, and which two are likely to be sitting in stock when you walk into a store. Here is the full breakdown, plus the colors on the foldable iPhone Duo and what is happening with the standard iPhone 18.
iPhone 18 Pro colors at a glance
Source: Apple product pages and pricing announced at the September 9, 2026 event.
Every iPhone 18 Pro color
Apple lists the finishes simply as Silver, Black, Glacier and Burgundy. Some launch coverage used longer names taken from the keynote slides, so you will see Deep Black and Glacier Blue in places. They refer to the same two phones. Here is what each one actually is.
| Color | What it looks like | New or returning |
|---|---|---|
| Burgundy | A deep wine red that reads closer to brown than to bright red in dim light. This is the color Apple pushed hardest at the keynote and the one most people will recognize from across a room. | New. Takes the role Cosmic Orange played last year. |
| Glacier | A pale, cool blue with very little saturation, much lighter than the Deep Blue it replaces. Under warm indoor lighting it can pass for off white with a blue cast. | New. |
| Black | A near neutral black across both the aluminum and the glass. The most fingerprint prone of the four, and the one that hides the camera plateau best. | Returning after the iPhone 17 Pro skipped a black option entirely. |
| Silver | Brighter and cleaner than the 17 Pro version thanks to the better matched back panel. The safest resale color and usually the easiest to find in stock. | Returning. The only survivor from the 2025 Pro lineup. |
The two tone look is gone
The most visible change this year has nothing to do with which shades Apple picked. On the iPhone 17 Pro, the aluminum unibody and the Ceramic Shield glass section on the back were noticeably different tones, which gave the phone a glazed, patchwork appearance that split opinion hard. On the iPhone 18 Pro, those two surfaces are color matched much more closely. Every one of the four finishes reads as a single continuous color from most angles.
Note
The frame is aluminum, not titanium. Apple moved the Pro line to an aluminum unibody with the iPhone 17 Pro and stayed there. Titanium now belongs to the foldable iPhone Duo.
Burgundy is new to the iPhone, but it was not new to the phone aisle: several Android flagships were already shipping in nearly the same shade on the day Apple announced it, as we noted when the Burgundy comparisons started.
Which iPhone 17 Pro colors were dropped
The iPhone 17 Pro shipped in Cosmic Orange, Deep Blue and Silver. Two of those three are finished. Cosmic Orange, the color that dominated coverage of the 2025 launch and became shorthand for “that orange iPhone”, has no successor in the 18 Pro lineup. Deep Blue is replaced by Glacier, which sits at the opposite end of the blue range: where Deep Blue was dark and heavy, Glacier is pale and cold.
If you specifically wanted orange, the only route now is a case or a refurbished iPhone 17 Pro. Apple has never reintroduced a retired Pro color in the following generation.
Does color affect price or availability?
No, and mostly no. Every color costs the same at every capacity. The iPhone 18 Pro starts at $1,199 for 256GB and the Pro Max at $1,299, both $100 above the equivalent iPhone 17 Pro, and both now run up to a 2TB tier that did not exist before. Color has no bearing on any of it.
Availability is a different matter. Launch color demand is lopsided every year, the loudest new shade and the safest neutral both sell through first, and the two middle options sit in stock. Burgundy is this year’s attention getter and Black is the perennial default, so those are the two most likely to slip on delivery dates. Glacier is usually the easiest to walk in and buy.
Warning
Do not pick a color based on renders. Apple’s product photography is shot under controlled lighting that flatters Glacier and Burgundy in particular, and both look meaningfully different under ordinary household bulbs. If you can, look at the real thing before committing, especially with Glacier, which shifts more than any other finish in the lineup depending on the light.
iPhone Duo colors
Apple’s first foldable, the iPhone Duo, comes in two finishes rather than four: Night Sky, a very dark blue, and Star White. Both are wrapped around a polished titanium frame, which gives the Duo a considerably glossier, more jewelry like look than the matte aluminum of the Pro models. It runs the same A20 Pro chip, opens to a 7.6 inch inner display with a 5.4 inch outer screen, and starts at $2,000, with the top configuration reported at $3,199. It ships later than the Pro models, on a timeline pointing to October.
For the full hardware picture on the foldable, including the hinge that took Apple most of a decade to get right, see our breakdown of the iPhone Duo specs and price.
What about the standard iPhone 18?
There is no standard iPhone 18 yet, so there are no colors for it. Apple split the lineup across two seasons this year: the Pro models and the Duo arrived in September, and the regular iPhone 18, the 18e and a second generation iPhone Air are scheduled for roughly March 2027. Those models will get their own palette, and the standard line has historically used brighter, more saturated shades than the Pro. We covered the reasoning behind the split in our piece on why Apple did not launch an iPhone 18 in September.
In the meantime, the previous generation palette is still in circulation and still worth knowing if you are buying used or discounted. Our guide to every iPhone 17 color covers the standard, Air and Pro shades from 2025.
Frequently asked questions
What colors does the iPhone 18 Pro come in?
Silver, Black, Glacier and Burgundy. The iPhone 18 Pro Max comes in exactly the same four, with no size exclusive options, and every color is available at all four storage tiers from 256GB to 2TB.
Is there an orange iPhone 18 Pro?
No. Cosmic Orange was an iPhone 17 Pro color and Apple retired it after one generation. Burgundy is the closest thing to a warm statement color in the 18 Pro lineup, but it is a deep red, not an orange. A case or a used iPhone 17 Pro are the only ways to get the orange now.
What color is Glacier on the iPhone 18 Pro?
A pale, low saturation blue. It is much lighter than the Deep Blue it replaces and can look almost white under warm indoor light. It is the most lighting dependent of the four finishes, so it is worth seeing in person before ordering.
Does the color affect the price of the iPhone 18 Pro?
No. All four colors cost the same. The Pro starts at $1,199 and the Pro Max at $1,299 for 256GB, and the price rises only with storage, up to the new 2TB tier.
What colors does the foldable iPhone Duo come in?
Two: Night Sky, a very dark blue, and Star White. Both use a polished titanium frame rather than the aluminum of the Pro models, and the Duo ships later than the rest of the lineup on a timeline pointing to October.
Which iPhone 18 Pro color hides fingerprints best?
Glacier and Silver. Light, low saturation finishes disguise oils far better than dark ones, and Black is the worst of the four for smudges. Burgundy sits in between, showing marks less than Black but more than either light option.
The bottom line
Four colors, three of them new, and one genuinely meaningful change underneath the color choice itself: the aluminum and the glass finally match, so the iPhone 18 Pro looks like one object instead of two glued together. Burgundy is the one people will notice, Glacier is the quiet one that photographs better than it looks on a shelf, and Silver remains the choice that will still look normal in three years. None of it costs extra, so pick the one you want to look at every day.
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