Kendo UI for Angular ColorGradient Overview
Updated on May 13, 2026
The Kendo UI for Angular ColorGradient renders a gradient (a hue and an alpha slider) and inputs to manually enter a desired color.
The component is independently used by the Kendo UI ColorPicker for Angular and can be directly added to the page instead of rendered in a popup.
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The following example demonstrates the ColorGradient in action.
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Key Features
- Customizing the ColorGradient—You can enable the user to choose whether to render an alpha slider and an alpha input in the ColorGradient.
- Forms support—You can use the ColorGradient both in template-driven and reactive Angular forms.
- Disabled ColorGradient—You can use the configuration options of the ColorGradient to disable the component so that users are not able to interact with it.
- Read-only ColorGradient —The ColorGradient provides an option for overriding its default active state.
- Debouncing value changes—All Kendo UI for Angular Inputs enable you to implement a slight delay before they accept a new input value.
- Appearance—All Kendo UI for Angular Inputs enable you to set their dimensions.
- Globalization—All Kendo UI for Angular Inputs provide globalization options.
- Accessibility—The ColorGradient is accessible for screen readers and supports WAI-ARIA attributes.
- Keyboard navigation—The ColorGradient supports a number of keyboard shortcuts for processing various commands.
Support and Learning Resources
- ColorGradient Homepage
- Getting Started with the Kendo UI for Angular Inputs
- API Reference of the ColorGradient
- Getting Started with Kendo UI for Angular (Online Guide)
- Getting Started with Kendo UI for Angular (Video Tutorial)
- Video Courses
- ColorGradient Forum
- Before You Start: All Things Angular (Telerik Blog Post)
- Knowledge Base