diff --git a/dev-test/config.yml b/dev-test/config.yml
index 04cf85e8..46ae0230 100644
--- a/dev-test/config.yml
+++ b/dev-test/config.yml
@@ -119,6 +119,14 @@ collections: # A list of collections the CMS should be able to edit
       - { label: 'Markdown', name: 'markdown', widget: 'markdown' }
       - { label: 'Datetime', name: 'datetime', widget: 'datetime' }
       - { label: 'Date', name: 'date', widget: 'date' }
+      - { label: 'Color', name: 'color', widget: 'color' }
+      - {
+          label: 'Color string editable and alpha enabled',
+          name: 'colorEditable',
+          widget: 'color',
+          enableAlpha: true,
+          allowInput: true,
+        }
       - { label: 'Image', name: 'image', widget: 'image' }
       - { label: 'File', name: 'file', widget: 'file' }
       - { label: 'Select', name: 'select', widget: 'select', options: ['a', 'b', 'c'] }
diff --git a/packages/netlify-cms-app/package.json b/packages/netlify-cms-app/package.json
index d72105a1..828a17b7 100644
--- a/packages/netlify-cms-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/netlify-cms-app/package.json
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     "netlify-cms-ui-default": "^2.11.6",
     "netlify-cms-widget-boolean": "^2.3.4",
     "netlify-cms-widget-code": "^1.2.4",
+    "netlify-cms-widget-color": "^1.0.0",
     "netlify-cms-widget-date": "^2.5.5",
     "netlify-cms-widget-datetime": "^2.6.5",
     "netlify-cms-widget-file": "^2.7.4",
diff --git a/packages/netlify-cms-app/src/extensions.js b/packages/netlify-cms-app/src/extensions.js
index 7fec7d82..bd115d8c 100644
--- a/packages/netlify-cms-app/src/extensions.js
+++ b/packages/netlify-cms-app/src/extensions.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import NetlifyCmsWidgetMap from 'netlify-cms-widget-map';
 import NetlifyCmsWidgetDate from 'netlify-cms-widget-date';
 import NetlifyCmsWidgetDatetime from 'netlify-cms-widget-datetime';
 import NetlifyCmsWidgetCode from 'netlify-cms-widget-code';
+import NetlifyCmsWidgetColor from 'netlify-cms-widget-color';
 
 // Editor Components
 import image from 'netlify-cms-editor-component-image';
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ CMS.registerWidget([
   NetlifyCmsWidgetDate.Widget(),
   NetlifyCmsWidgetDatetime.Widget(),
   NetlifyCmsWidgetCode.Widget(),
+  NetlifyCmsWidgetColor.Widget(),
 ]);
 CMS.registerEditorComponent(image);
 CMS.registerEditorComponent({
diff --git a/packages/netlify-cms-widget-color/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/netlify-cms-widget-color/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e4d87c4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/netlify-cms-widget-color/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Change Log
+
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
+See [Conventional Commits](https://conventionalcommits.org) for commit guidelines.
diff --git a/packages/netlify-cms-widget-color/README.md b/packages/netlify-cms-widget-color/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c4f6f5ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/netlify-cms-widget-color/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Docs coming soon!
+
+Netlify CMS was recently converted from a single npm package to a "monorepo" of over 20 packages.
+That's over 20 Readme's! We haven't created one for this package yet, but we will soon.
+
+In the meantime, you can:
+
+1. Check out the [main readme](https://github.com/netlify/netlify-cms/#readme) or the [documentation
+   site](https://www.netlifycms.org) for more info.
+2. Reach out to the [community chat](https://netlifycms.org/chat/) if you need help.
+3. Help out and [write the readme yourself](https://github.com/netlify/netlify-cms/edit/master/packages/netlify-cms-widget-string/README.md)!
diff --git a/packages/netlify-cms-widget-color/package.json b/packages/netlify-cms-widget-color/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..533f6428
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/netlify-cms-widget-color/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{
+  "name": "netlify-cms-widget-color",
+  "description": "Widget for editing color strings in Netlify CMS.",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "homepage": "https://www.netlifycms.org/docs/widgets/#color",
+  "repository": "https://github.com/netlify/netlify-cms/tree/master/packages/netlify-cms-widget-color",
+  "bugs": "https://github.com/netlify/netlify-cms/issues",
+  "module": "dist/esm/index.js",
+  "main": "dist/netlify-cms-widget-color.js",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "keywords": [
+    "netlify",
+    "netlify-cms",
+    "widget",
+    "color"
+  ],
+  "sideEffects": false,
+  "scripts": {
+    "develop": "yarn build:esm --watch",
+    "build": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production webpack",
+    "build:esm": "cross-env NODE_ENV=esm babel src --out-dir dist/esm --ignore \"**/__tests__\" --root-mode upward"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "react-color": "^2.18.1",
+    "validate-color": "^2.1.0"
+  },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "@emotion/core": "^10.0.35",
+    "@emotion/styled": "^10.0.27",
+    "netlify-cms-ui-default": "^2.6.0",
+    "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
+    "react": "^16.8.4"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/netlify-cms-widget-color/src/ColorControl.js b/packages/netlify-cms-widget-color/src/ColorControl.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f5ee416
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/netlify-cms-widget-color/src/ColorControl.js
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import styled from '@emotion/styled';
+import ChromePicker from 'react-color';
+import validateColor from 'validate-color';
+import { zIndex } from 'netlify-cms-ui-default';
+
+const ClearIcon = () => (
+  <svg height="20" width="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false">
+    <path
+      fill="rgb(122, 130, 145)"
+      d="M14.348 14.849c-0.469 0.469-1.229 0.469-1.697 0l-2.651-3.030-2.651 3.029c-0.469 0.469-1.229 0.469-1.697 0-0.469-0.469-0.469-1.229 0-1.697l2.758-3.15-2.759-3.152c-0.469-0.469-0.469-1.228 0-1.697s1.228-0.469 1.697 0l2.652 3.031 2.651-3.031c0.469-0.469 1.228-0.469 1.697 0s0.469 1.229 0 1.697l-2.758 3.152 2.758 3.15c0.469 0.469 0.469 1.229 0 1.698z"
+    ></path>
+  </svg>
+);
+
+const ClearButton = styled.div`
+  position: absolute;
+  right: 6px;
+  z-index: ${zIndex.zIndex1000};
+  padding: 8px;
+  margin-top: 11px;
+`;
+
+const ClearButtonWrapper = styled.div`
+  position: relative;
+  width: 100%;
+`;
+
+// color swatch background with checkerboard to display behind transparent colors
+const ColorSwatchBackground = styled.div`
+  position: absolute;
+  z-index: ${zIndex.zIndex1};
+  background: url('data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQCAYAAAAf8/9hAAAAMUlEQVQ4T2NkYGAQYcAP3uCTZhw1gGGYhAGBZIA/nYDCgBDAm9BGDWAAJyRCgLaBCAAgXwixzAS0pgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==');
+  height: 38px;
+  width: 48px;
+  margin-top: 10px;
+  margin-left: 10px;
+  border-radius: 5px;
+`;
+
+const ColorSwatch = styled.div`
+  position: absolute;
+  z-index: ${zIndex.zIndex2};
+  background: ${props => props.background};
+  cursor: pointer;
+  height: 38px;
+  width: 48px;
+  margin-top: 10px;
+  margin-left: 10px;
+  border-radius: 5px;
+  border: 2px solid rgb(223, 223, 227);
+  text-align: center;
+  font-size: 27px;
+  line-height: 1;
+  padding-top: 4px;
+  user-select: none;
+  color: ${props => props.color};
+`;
+
+const ColorPickerContainer = styled.div`
+  position: absolute;
+  z-index: ${zIndex.zIndex1000};
+  margin-top: 48px;
+  margin-left: 12px;
+`;
+
+// fullscreen div to close color picker when clicking outside of picker
+const ClickOutsideDiv = styled.div`
+  position: fixed;
+  top: 0px;
+  right: 0px;
+  bottom: 0px;
+  left: 0px;
+`;
+
+export default class ColorControl extends React.Component {
+  static propTypes = {
+    onChange: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+    forID: PropTypes.string,
+    value: PropTypes.node,
+    classNameWrapper: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+    setActiveStyle: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+    setInactiveStyle: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+  };
+
+  static defaultProps = {
+    value: '',
+  };
+
+  state = {
+    showColorPicker: false,
+  };
+  // show/hide color picker
+  handleClick = () => {
+    this.setState({ showColorPicker: !this.state.showColorPicker });
+  };
+  handleClear = () => {
+    this.props.onChange('');
+  };
+  handleClose = () => {
+    this.setState({ showColorPicker: false });
+  };
+  handleChange = color => {
+    const formattedColor =
+      color.rgb.a < 1
+        ? `rgba(${color.rgb.r}, ${color.rgb.g}, ${color.rgb.b}, ${color.rgb.a})`
+        : color.hex;
+    this.props.onChange(formattedColor);
+  };
+  render() {
+    const {
+      forID,
+      value,
+      field,
+      onChange,
+      classNameWrapper,
+      setActiveStyle,
+      setInactiveStyle,
+    } = this.props;
+
+    const allowInput = field.get('allowInput', false);
+
+    // clear button is not displayed if allowInput: true
+    const showClearButton = !allowInput && value;
+
+    return (
+      <>
+        {' '}
+        {showClearButton && (
+          <ClearButtonWrapper>
+            <ClearButton onClick={this.handleClear}>
+              <ClearIcon />
+            </ClearButton>
+          </ClearButtonWrapper>
+        )}
+        <ColorSwatchBackground />
+        <ColorSwatch
+          background={validateColor(this.props.value) ? this.props.value : '#fff'}
+          color={validateColor(this.props.value) ? 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)' : 'rgb(223, 223, 227)'}
+          onClick={this.handleClick}
+        >
+          ?
+        </ColorSwatch>
+        {this.state.showColorPicker && (
+          <ColorPickerContainer>
+            <ClickOutsideDiv onClick={this.handleClose} />
+            <ChromePicker
+              color={value || ''}
+              onChange={this.handleChange}
+              disableAlpha={!field.get('enableAlpha', false)}
+            />
+          </ColorPickerContainer>
+        )}
+        <input
+          // text input with padding left for the color swatch
+          type="text"
+          id={forID}
+          className={classNameWrapper}
+          value={value || ''}
+          onChange={e => onChange(e.target.value)}
+          onFocus={setActiveStyle}
+          onBlur={setInactiveStyle}
+          style={{
+            paddingLeft: '75px',
+            paddingRight: '70px',
+            color: !allowInput && '#bbb',
+          }}
+          // make readonly and open color picker on click if set to allowInput: false
+          onClick={!allowInput ? this.handleClick : undefined}
+          readOnly={!allowInput}
+        />
+      </>
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/netlify-cms-widget-color/src/ColorPreview.js b/packages/netlify-cms-widget-color/src/ColorPreview.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bff43a4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/netlify-cms-widget-color/src/ColorPreview.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import { WidgetPreviewContainer } from 'netlify-cms-ui-default';
+
+const ColorPreview = ({ value }) => <WidgetPreviewContainer>{value}</WidgetPreviewContainer>;
+
+ColorPreview.propTypes = {
+  value: PropTypes.node,
+};
+
+export default ColorPreview;
diff --git a/packages/netlify-cms-widget-color/src/index.js b/packages/netlify-cms-widget-color/src/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..497fc932
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/netlify-cms-widget-color/src/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import controlComponent from './ColorControl';
+import previewComponent from './ColorPreview';
+
+const Widget = (opts = {}) => ({
+  name: 'color',
+  controlComponent,
+  previewComponent,
+  ...opts,
+});
+
+export const NetlifyCmsWidgetColor = { Widget, controlComponent, previewComponent };
+export default NetlifyCmsWidgetColor;
diff --git a/packages/netlify-cms-widget-color/webpack.config.js b/packages/netlify-cms-widget-color/webpack.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..42edd361
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/netlify-cms-widget-color/webpack.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+const { getConfig } = require('../../scripts/webpack.js');
+
+module.exports = getConfig();
diff --git a/website/content/docs/widgets/color.md b/website/content/docs/widgets/color.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..97495c79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/content/docs/widgets/color.md
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+label: 'Color'
+title: color
+---
+
+The color widget translates a color picker to a color string.
+
+- **Name:** `color`
+- **UI:** color picker
+- **Data type:** string
+- **Options:**
+  - `default`: accepts a string; defaults to an empty string. Sets the default value
+  - `allowInput`: accepts a boolean, defaults to `false`. Allows manual editing of the color input value
+  - `enableAlpha`: accepts a boolean, defaults to `false`. Enables Alpha editing
+- **Example:**
+  ```yaml
+  - { label: 'Color', name: 'color', widget: 'color' }
+  ```
+- **Example:**
+  ```yaml
+  - { label: 'Color', name: 'color', widget: 'color', enableAlpha: true, allowInput: true }
+  ```
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d1e76d31..d7358ef7 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1527,6 +1527,11 @@
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+"@icons/material@^0.2.4":
+  version "0.2.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@icons/material/-/material-0.2.4.tgz#e90c9f71768b3736e76d7dd6783fc6c2afa88bc8"
+  integrity sha512-QPcGmICAPbGLGb6F/yNf/KzKqvFx8z5qx3D1yFqVAjoFmXK35EgyW+cJ57Te3CNsmzblwtzakLGFqHPqrfb4Tw==
+
 "@istanbuljs/load-nyc-config@^1.0.0":
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@istanbuljs/load-nyc-config/-/load-nyc-config-1.1.0.tgz#fd3db1d59ecf7cf121e80650bb86712f9b55eced"
@@ -11706,7 +11711,7 @@ lodash.uniq@^4.5.0:
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   integrity sha1-0CJTc662Uq3BvILklFM5qEJ1R3M=
 
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+lodash@^4.0.1, lodash@^4.1.1, lodash@^4.11.2, lodash@^4.17.10, lodash@^4.17.11, lodash@^4.17.12, lodash@^4.17.14, lodash@^4.17.15, lodash@^4.17.19, lodash@^4.17.20, lodash@^4.17.4, lodash@^4.2.1, lodash@~4.17.10:
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@@ -11939,6 +11944,11 @@ markdown-to-jsx@^6.11.4:
     prop-types "^15.6.2"
     unquote "^1.1.0"
 
+material-colors@^1.2.1:
+  version "1.2.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/material-colors/-/material-colors-1.2.6.tgz#6d1958871126992ceecc72f4bcc4d8f010865f46"
+  integrity sha512-6qE4B9deFBIa9YSpOc9O0Sgc43zTeVYbgDT5veRKSlB2+ZuHNoVVxA1L/ckMUayV9Ay9y7Z/SZCLcGteW9i7bg==
+
 mathml-tag-names@^2.1.3:
   version "2.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mathml-tag-names/-/mathml-tag-names-2.1.3.tgz#4ddadd67308e780cf16a47685878ee27b736a0a3"
@@ -14335,6 +14345,18 @@ react-codemirror2@^7.0.0:
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+react-color@^2.18.1:
+  version "2.18.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-color/-/react-color-2.18.1.tgz#2cda8cc8e06a9e2c52ad391a30ddad31972472f4"
+  integrity sha512-X5XpyJS6ncplZs74ak0JJoqPi+33Nzpv5RYWWxn17bslih+X7OlgmfpmGC1fNvdkK7/SGWYf1JJdn7D2n5gSuQ==
+  dependencies:
+    "@icons/material" "^0.2.4"
+    lodash "^4.17.11"
+    material-colors "^1.2.1"
+    prop-types "^15.5.10"
+    reactcss "^1.2.0"
+    tinycolor2 "^1.4.1"
+
 react-datetime@^2.16.3:
   version "2.16.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-datetime/-/react-datetime-2.16.3.tgz#7f9ac7d4014a939c11c761d0c22d1fb506cb505e"
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     object-assign "^4.1.1"
     prop-types "^15.6.2"
 
+reactcss@^1.2.0:
+  version "1.2.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/reactcss/-/reactcss-1.2.3.tgz#c00013875e557b1cf0dfd9a368a1c3dab3b548dd"
+  integrity sha512-KiwVUcFu1RErkI97ywr8nvx8dNOpT03rbnma0SSalTYjkrPYaEajR4a/MRt6DZ46K6arDRbWMNHF+xH7G7n/8A==
+  dependencies:
+    lodash "^4.0.1"
+
 read-cmd-shim@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/read-cmd-shim/-/read-cmd-shim-1.0.5.tgz#87e43eba50098ba5a32d0ceb583ab8e43b961c16"
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+tinycolor2@^1.4.1:
+  version "1.4.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tinycolor2/-/tinycolor2-1.4.2.tgz#3f6a4d1071ad07676d7fa472e1fac40a719d8803"
+  integrity sha512-vJhccZPs965sV/L2sU4oRQVAos0pQXwsvTLkWYdqJ+a8Q5kPFzJTuOFwy7UniPli44NKQGAglksjvOcpo95aZA==
+
 tmp@^0.0.33:
   version "0.0.33"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tmp/-/tmp-0.0.33.tgz#6d34335889768d21b2bcda0aa277ced3b1bfadf9"
@@ -18052,6 +18086,11 @@ v8-to-istanbul@^6.0.1:
     convert-source-map "^1.6.0"
     source-map "^0.7.3"
 
+validate-color@^2.1.0:
+  version "2.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/validate-color/-/validate-color-2.1.0.tgz#ba32664db859a197c19520b50316b8b8d5ffa0bc"
+  integrity sha512-/78x9MDsanOisNfa4UxombQkPCE2A/hmFUtgunwGutpAgTRnhKvOhzJ4KeSDunbKEla6T+u0OlHd1hWCLVhSdA==
+
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   version "3.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/validate-npm-package-license/-/validate-npm-package-license-3.0.4.tgz#fc91f6b9c7ba15c857f4cb2c5defeec39d4f410a"