How to build a color picker in Bubble

The simplest way to build a color picker in Bubble is: install a color‑picker plugin (or use the built‑in “Color Picker” input if your editor shows it), bind its value to a custom state or a field, and then use that value anywhere you need (background color, text color, saving to DB, etc.). Bubble treats colors as text in hex format, so you just store the hex string (for example “#FF0000”).

What You Actually Need to Do

Bubble doesn’t have a native visual color picker element in every plan/editor version, but the platform fully supports it through plugins. A plugin color picker works like a normal Input: it outputs a text value representing a color (usually hex). Once you have that value, you can:

• set element styles using “This element’s background color = ColorPicker A’s value”
• save the color in your database as a text field
• load a saved color by setting the picker’s initial value

Step‑by‑Step (Beginner‑Friendly)

• Go to Plugins → “Add plugins”. Search “color picker”. The free “Color Picker” plugin by Bubble or similar ones work well.
• Install it. This adds a new visual element to your Elements panel.
• Drag the color picker onto the page. It will show a small UI that lets users choose colors.
• The element exposes a value called Color Picker A's value. That value is a hex string.
• You can store it: in a workflow, “Make changes to Thing → color field = Color Picker A's value”.
• You can apply it visually: select any element → Appearance → Background color → “Dynamic color” → Color Picker A's value.

Example: Saving + Applying the Color

// Workflow: When Button Save is clicked
Make changes to Current User
color_choice = Color Picker A's value

// Dynamic style on a shape or group
Background color = Current User's color_choice

Extra Notes That Matter

• Bubbles stores colors as text, so no special type is needed.
• Most color picker plugins support hex, RGB, or HSL, but Bubble can always read hex safely.
• If you want live preview, just bind an element’s background color directly to the picker’s value.