UIImage solid color // swift 3

// Vladimir Zhelnov - neatek.pw - Web/iOS dev
let redImage = UIImage(color: .redColor())

public extension UIImage {
  public convenience init?(color: UIColor, size: CGSize = CGSize(width: 1, height: 1)) {
    let rect = CGRect(origin: .zero, size: size)
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(rect.size, false, 0.0)
    color.setFill()
    UIRectFill(rect)
    let image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext()

    guard let cgImage = image?.cgImage else { return nil }
    self.init(cgImage: cgImage)
  }
}