Serious SpriteKit UIColor bug on iPhone 5S - swift

Question

I've found a serious swift-bug in SpriteKit while working with SKSpriteNodes and their colors.
This code works fine on all iPhones beside the iPhone 5S:
var color1 = UIColor(red: 123/255, green: 123/255, blue: 123/255, alpha: 1)
var color2 = UIColor(red: 123/255, green: 123/255, blue: 123/255, alpha: 1)
var sprite = SKSpriteNode(color: color1, size: CGSizeMake(100, 100))
if(sprite.color == color2){
println("Same color")
}
As you see, the two colors are the absolut same. But on the iPhone 5S simulator, the if isn't called.
Has somebody else the same problem and can provide a solution?

Answer 1

According to the documentation here:
Sprite Kit works only with solid colors. For best results, use the
preset colors provided by the platform class or a custom color defined
in the RGBA device color space.
As a result somehow the SKSpriteNode has made some changes to the color parameter in the init function. You can see it if you call encode:
sprite.color.encode() // 140,646,370,382,768
color1.encode() // 140,646,367,110,928
If you use predefined color values, then your problem goes away:
var color3 = UIColor.blueColor()
var sprite3 = SKSpriteNode(color: color3, size: CGSizeMake(100, 100))
sprite3.color == color3 // true

Answer 2

You are comparing pointer values, not the actual color. Seeing that these are UIColor instances, you have to compare them using isEqual (showing ObjC code as I don't know what it looks like in Swift - or perhaps Swift is in fact using isEqual behind the scenes):
if ([sprite.color isEqual:color2])
If implemented correctly by UIColor this will compare the actual color values rather than the pointers.