(Tapping a Color a second time lets you change the color and gradient ... that you can download onto your iPhone and use to spruce up the background of your home screen or lock screen.

When you create a new lock screen wallpaper or edit an existing one, your iPhone will offer up a blurred version of the same wallpaper for the background ... using a color or gradient since ...

This will pull up a gradient scale at the bottom ... Choosing Dark will darken your background, which could reduce the amount of power your iPhone uses and extend your battery life.

Over the past few years, Apple has dramatically improved the iPhone’s Lock Screen and Home ... I choose to add my fiancé as my background. During work, I choose Basic Apple Guy’s wallpaper.

Apple's iOS 16 makes the iPhone more customizable than ... offer too little contrast with the background, so the second option is another gradient with more opacity and contrast.