Appearance

Updated on Dec 10, 2025

In this article, you will find information about the styling options and rendering of the Kendo UI ColorPicker.

For a live example, visit the Appearance Demo of the ColorPicker.

Options

The Kendo UI ColorPicker supports the following styling options:

• size—configures the overall size of the component.
• rounded—configures the border radius for the tags.
• fillMode—controls how the color is applied.

Size

The size option controls how big or small the ColorPicker component looks. The structure of the class is k-picker-{size}.

The following values are available for the size option:

• sm—small size
• md—medium size
• lg—large size
• none—unset

The default size value is medium and it is applied to the span wrapping element through the k-picker-md class.

The example below shows a basic configuration and how to set size to "large":

<input id="colorpicker" />
<script>
    $("#colorpicker").kendoColorPicker({
      size: "large"
    });
</script>

Below is the HTML that is affected from the configuration. The changes are applied to the span.k-colorpicker wrapping element:

html

<span class="k-colorpicker k-picker k-picker-lg">
    ...
</span>

Rounded

The rounded option controls how much border radius is applied to the tags for the selected items in the component. The structure of the class is k-rounded-{size}.

The following values are available for the rounded option:

• sm—small border radius
• md—medium border radius
• lg—large border radius
• full—ellipse-like border radius
• none—unset

The default value is medium and it is applied to the span.k-colorpicker wrapping element through the k-rounded-md class.

The example below shows a basic ColorPicker configuration and how to set rounded to "full":

<input id="colorpicker" />
<script>
    $("#colorpicker").kendoColorPicker({
      rounded: "full"
    });
</script>

The changes are applied to the span.k-colorpicker wrapping element:

html

<span class="k-colorpicker k-picker k-rounded-full">
    ...
</span>

FillMode

The fillMode option controls how the color is applied. The structure of the class is k-picker-{fillMode}.

The following values are available for the fillMode option:

• solid
• flat
• outline
• none

The default value is solid and it is applied to the span.k-colorpicker wrapping element through the k-picker-solid class.

The example below shows a basic ColorPicker configuration and how to set fillMode to "outline":

<input id="colorpicker" />
<script>
    $("#colorpicker").kendoColorPicker({
      fillMode: "outline"
    });
</script>

The changes are applied to the span.k-colorpicker wrapping element:

html

<span class="k-colorpicker k-input k-input-outline">
    ...
</span>

Rendering

Starting with version R1 2022, the component has a new rendering. For additional information on the decision behind these changes, visit the Components Rendering Overview article.

To review the latest rendering of the component, refer to the HTML specifications in the Kendo UI Themes Monorepo. The tests folder of the repository contains the rendering for all flavors of the components, providing a clear reference for how their elements are structured. The rendering information can help you customize a component's appearance and behavior by applying custom CSS or JavaScript to suit specific design or functional requirements.

See Also

• Components Appearance Overview
• Appearance Demo of the ColorPicker
• JavaScript API Reference of the ColorPicker