Contact icon color meaning

What does it mean when a contact icon on my address book changed to orange and another one changed to yellow?

iPhone 11, iOS 14

Posted on Oct 2, 2021 10:23 PM

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Oct 3, 2021 4:31 PM in response to sarahy258

Hi there Sarah,


We'd like to help get your question answered as best we can regarding Contacts in your iPhone.


  1. You mentioned that the color changed for different people saved in Contacts, but when did you first notice this occurring?
  2. Are we correct in saying that every contact has a different color for the background of their contact icon?
  3. Have you already tried a restart of your iPhone? If not, this link shows How to manually update apps on your Apple device.
  4. We also see from your post you have iOS 14 installed on your iPhone 11, but the latest is iOS 15.0.1. You can verify this within Settings > General > About. Here's a link that'll show how to first back up, then Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.


Take care!

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Contact icon color meaning

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