diff --git a/app/client/src/widgets/FormWidget.tsx b/app/client/src/widgets/FormWidget.tsx
index 40af23180a..585320c45f 100644
--- a/app/client/src/widgets/FormWidget.tsx
+++ b/app/client/src/widgets/FormWidget.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class FormWidget extends ContainerWidget {
             label: "Background Color",
             helpText: "Use a html color name, HEX, RGB or RGBA value",
             placeholderText: "#FFFFFF / Gray / rgb(255, 99, 71)",
-            controlType: "INPUT_TEXT",
+            controlType: "COLOR_PICKER",
             isBindProperty: true,
             isTriggerProperty: false,
             validation: VALIDATION_TYPES.TEXT,