Full image OR 1px pattern?

in my iPhone app I would to create a ThemeManager in order to skin the view. I am wondering what is the best way to limit memory use.

I would like to fill a view with a background. Should I load a 1px pattern and draw it into the view or should I load the complete image ?

Thanks for you comments.

Thierry

A 1px pattern sounds like you could use a plain color. But anyway, when you're optimizing:

1. measure
2. optimize
3. measure

instead of just optimize.