diff --git a/src/app/features/config/color-input/color-input.component.html b/src/app/features/config/color-input/color-input.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..13740fec7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/features/config/color-input/color-input.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<mat-form-field>
+  <mat-label>{{ to.label }}</mat-label>
+  <input
+    type="color"
+    class="color-input"
+    [formControl]="formControl"
+    [formlyAttributes]="field"
+    (focus)="onFocus($event)"
+    matInput
+  />
+</mat-form-field>
diff --git a/src/app/features/config/color-input/color-input.component.scss b/src/app/features/config/color-input/color-input.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7acb4bf6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/features/config/color-input/color-input.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+mat-form-field {
+  width: 100%;
+}
diff --git a/src/app/features/config/color-input/color-input.component.ts b/src/app/features/config/color-input/color-input.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..054e113ead
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/features/config/color-input/color-input.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { ReactiveFormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
+import { MatFormField, MatInput, MatLabel } from '@angular/material/input';
+import { FieldType, FormlyModule } from '@ngx-formly/core';
+import { IS_FIREFOX } from '../../../util/is-firefox';
+import { IS_MOBILE } from '../../../util/is-mobile';
+
+/**
+ * This component deliberately avoids Formly's field type abstractions for the
+ * Material UI components because the form field wrapper implementation uses
+ * a focus monitoring service that is counterproductive for certain native
+ * color input controls.
+ */
+@Component({
+  selector: 'color-input',
+  templateUrl: './color-input.component.html',
+  styleUrls: ['./color-input.component.scss'],
+  changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
+  imports: [FormlyModule, MatFormField, MatInput, MatLabel, ReactiveFormsModule],
+})
+export class ColorInputComponent extends FieldType {
+  onFocus(event: FocusEvent): void {
+    if (!IS_FIREFOX || IS_MOBILE) return;
+    // Desktop Firefox oddly fires another focus event when the native color
+    // input closes rather than a blur event, so determine whether a value
+    // change has occurred and force a blur to have it persisted
+    const input = event.target as HTMLInputElement;
+    if (input.value !== this.formControl.value) {
+      input.blur();
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/features/project/project-form-cfg.const.ts b/src/app/features/project/project-form-cfg.const.ts
index 0879ae3e3e..9bc0933c38 100644
--- a/src/app/features/project/project-form-cfg.const.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/project/project-form-cfg.const.ts
@@ -57,10 +57,9 @@ export const CREATE_PROJECT_BASIC_CONFIG_FORM_CONFIG: ConfigFormSection<Project>
     },
     {
       key: 'theme.primary' as any,
-      type: 'input',
+      type: 'color',
       templateOptions: {
         label: T.F.PROJECT.FORM_THEME.L_THEME_COLOR,
-        type: 'color',
       },
     },
     {
diff --git a/src/app/features/tag/tag-form-cfg.const.ts b/src/app/features/tag/tag-form-cfg.const.ts
index 5f4b29a230..01078b469a 100644
--- a/src/app/features/tag/tag-form-cfg.const.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/tag/tag-form-cfg.const.ts
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@ export const BASIC_TAG_CONFIG_FORM_CONFIG: ConfigFormSection<Tag> = {
     },
     {
       key: 'color',
-      type: 'input',
+      type: 'color',
       templateOptions: {
         label: T.F.TAG.FORM_BASIC.L_COLOR,
-        type: 'color',
       },
     },
   ],
diff --git a/src/app/features/work-context/work-context.const.ts b/src/app/features/work-context/work-context.const.ts
index c13d51b28c..a82d76b3c3 100644
--- a/src/app/features/work-context/work-context.const.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/work-context/work-context.const.ts
@@ -65,26 +65,23 @@ export const WORK_CONTEXT_THEME_CONFIG_FORM_CONFIG: ConfigFormSection<WorkContex
     items: [
       {
         key: 'primary',
-        type: 'input',
+        type: 'color',
         templateOptions: {
           label: T.F.PROJECT.FORM_THEME.L_COLOR_PRIMARY,
-          type: 'color',
         },
       },
       {
         key: 'accent',
-        type: 'input',
+        type: 'color',
         templateOptions: {
           label: T.F.PROJECT.FORM_THEME.L_COLOR_ACCENT,
-          type: 'color',
         },
       },
       {
         key: 'warn',
-        type: 'input',
+        type: 'color',
         templateOptions: {
           label: T.F.PROJECT.FORM_THEME.L_COLOR_WARN,
-          type: 'color',
         },
       },
       {
diff --git a/src/app/ui/formly-config.module.ts b/src/app/ui/formly-config.module.ts
index 97fb5192b1..f7b0283d14 100644
--- a/src/app/ui/formly-config.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/ui/formly-config.module.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { FormlyMatSliderModule } from '@ngx-formly/material/slider';
 import { FormlyTagSelectionComponent } from './formly-tag-selection/formly-tag-selection.component';
 import { FormlyBtnComponent } from './formly-button/formly-btn.component';
 import { FormlyImageInputComponent } from './formly-image-input/formly-image-input.component';
+import { ColorInputComponent } from '../features/config/color-input/color-input.component';
 
 @NgModule({
   imports: [
@@ -64,6 +65,10 @@ import { FormlyImageInputComponent } from './formly-image-input/formly-image-inp
           extends: 'input',
           wrappers: ['form-field'],
         },
+        {
+          name: 'color',
+          component: ColorInputComponent,
+        },
         {
           name: 'project-select',
           component: SelectProjectComponent,
diff --git a/src/app/util/adjust-to-live-formly-form.ts b/src/app/util/adjust-to-live-formly-form.ts
index fa950f2cee..022328cb31 100644
--- a/src/app/util/adjust-to-live-formly-form.ts
+++ b/src/app/util/adjust-to-live-formly-form.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ export const adjustToLiveFormlyForm = (
       item.type === 'input' ||
       item.type === 'textarea' ||
       item.type === 'duration' ||
-      item.type === 'icon'
+      item.type === 'icon' ||
+      item.type === 'color'
     ) {
       return {
         ...item,