diff --git a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelColor.test.tsx b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelColor.test.tsx
index 43dcb43e3..58ab42e49 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelColor.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelColor.test.tsx
@@ -1,43 +1,85 @@
 // @vitest-environment happy-dom
 
 import React, { act } from "react";
-import { createRoot } from "react-dom/client";
-import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { createRoot, type Root } from "react-dom/client";
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { __resetDesignInputThrottle } from "../../utils/designInputTracking";
 import { ColorField } from "./propertyPanelColor";
 
+const trackStudioEvent = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn());
+
+vi.mock("../../utils/studioTelemetry", () => ({
+  trackStudioEvent: (...args: unknown[]) => trackStudioEvent(...args),
+}));
+
 (globalThis as unknown as { IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT: boolean }).IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT = true;
 
+const roots: Root[] = [];
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  trackStudioEvent.mockReset();
+  __resetDesignInputThrottle();
+});
+
 afterEach(() => {
+  for (const root of roots) act(() => root.unmount());
+  roots.length = 0;
   document.body.innerHTML = "";
 });
 
-function renderColorField(onCommit: (value: string) => void): void {
+function renderColorField({
+  value = "#333333",
+  onPreview,
+  onCommit = vi.fn(),
+}: {
+  value?: string;
+  onPreview?: (value: string) => void;
+  onCommit?: (value: string) => void;
+} = {}): HTMLElement {
   const host = document.createElement("div");
   document.body.append(host);
   const root = createRoot(host);
+  roots.push(root);
   act(() => {
-    root.render(<ColorField flat label="Color" value="rgb(255, 176, 32)" onCommit={onCommit} />);
+    root.render(
+      <ColorField flat label="Color" value={value} onPreview={onPreview} onCommit={onCommit} />,
+    );
   });
+  return host;
+}
+
+function changeInput(input: HTMLInputElement, value: string): void {
+  const setter = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(HTMLInputElement.prototype, "value")?.set;
+  if (!setter) throw new Error("expected native input value setter");
+  setter.call(input, value);
+  input.dispatchEvent(new Event("input", { bubbles: true }));
+}
+
+function openHexInput(host: HTMLElement): HTMLInputElement {
+  const trigger = host.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('[data-flat-color-trigger="true"]');
+  if (!trigger) throw new Error("Color trigger was not rendered");
+  act(() => trigger.click());
+  const input = document.querySelector<HTMLInputElement>('input[spellcheck="false"]');
+  if (!input) throw new Error("Hex input was not rendered");
+  return input;
+}
+
+function clickOutside(): void {
+  document.body.dispatchEvent(new PointerEvent("pointerdown", { bubbles: true }));
 }
 
 describe("ColorField flat trigger", () => {
   it("renders label and value inline with a small swatch, no boxed border", () => {
-    const host = document.createElement("div");
-    document.body.append(host);
-    const root = createRoot(host);
-    act(() => {
-      root.render(<ColorField flat label="Color" value="rgb(255, 176, 32)" onCommit={vi.fn()} />);
-    });
+    const host = renderColorField({ value: "rgb(255, 176, 32)" });
     const trigger = host.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('[data-flat-color-trigger="true"]');
     expect(trigger).not.toBeNull();
     expect(trigger?.className).not.toContain("border-neutral-800");
     expect(host.textContent).toContain("Color");
-    act(() => root.unmount());
   });
 
   it("persists one keyboard slider gesture on keyup", () => {
     const onCommit = vi.fn();
-    renderColorField(onCommit);
+    renderColorField({ value: "rgb(255, 176, 32)", onCommit });
     const trigger = document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('[data-flat-color-trigger="true"]');
     if (!trigger) throw new Error("Color trigger was not rendered");
     act(() => {
@@ -57,3 +99,107 @@ describe("ColorField flat trigger", () => {
     expect(onCommit).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
   });
 });
+
+describe("ColorField hex editing", () => {
+  it("allows #333333 to be backspaced to #3 without snapping", () => {
+    const input = openHexInput(renderColorField());
+
+    for (const value of ["#33333", "#3333", "#333", "#33", "#3"]) {
+      act(() => changeInput(input, value));
+      expect(input.value).toBe(value);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("does not silently change #22CC66 to #2222CC while backspacing", () => {
+    const input = openHexInput(renderColorField({ value: "#22CC66" }));
+
+    for (const value of ["#22CC6", "#22CC", "#22C"]) {
+      act(() => changeInput(input, value));
+      expect(input.value).toBe(value);
+      expect(input.value).not.toBe("#2222CC");
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("commits a full replacement after selecting the existing value", () => {
+    const onCommit = vi.fn();
+    const input = openHexInput(renderColorField({ onCommit }));
+    input.focus();
+    input.select();
+
+    act(() => changeInput(input, "#12AB34"));
+    act(() => input.blur());
+
+    expect(onCommit).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(onCommit).toHaveBeenCalledWith("rgb(18, 171, 52)");
+  });
+
+  it("commits a complete pending hex on outside-click", () => {
+    const onCommit = vi.fn();
+    const input = openHexInput(renderColorField({ onCommit }));
+
+    act(() => changeInput(input, "#12AB34"));
+    act(clickOutside);
+
+    expect(onCommit).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(onCommit).toHaveBeenCalledWith("rgb(18, 171, 52)");
+  });
+
+  it("does not commit an incomplete pending hex on outside-click", () => {
+    const onCommit = vi.fn();
+    const input = openHexInput(renderColorField({ onCommit }));
+
+    act(() => changeInput(input, "#12AB3"));
+    act(clickOutside);
+
+    expect(onCommit).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("cancels a pending hex edit on Escape and restores the previous value", () => {
+    const onPreview = vi.fn();
+    const onCommit = vi.fn();
+    const host = renderColorField({ value: "#224466", onPreview, onCommit });
+    const input = openHexInput(host);
+
+    act(() => changeInput(input, "#12AB34"));
+    act(() => document.dispatchEvent(new KeyboardEvent("keydown", { key: "Escape" })));
+
+    expect(onCommit).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(onPreview).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith("rgb(34, 68, 102)");
+    expect(openHexInput(host).value).toBe("#224466");
+  });
+
+  it("still commits a complete hex on Tab-blur", () => {
+    const onCommit = vi.fn();
+    const input = openHexInput(renderColorField({ onCommit }));
+    input.focus();
+
+    act(() => changeInput(input, "#12AB34"));
+    act(() => input.blur());
+
+    expect(onCommit).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(onCommit).toHaveBeenCalledWith("rgb(18, 171, 52)");
+  });
+
+  it("live-previews only a complete six-digit hex", () => {
+    const onPreview = vi.fn();
+    const input = openHexInput(renderColorField({ value: "#112233", onPreview }));
+
+    act(() => changeInput(input, "#333"));
+    expect(onPreview).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    act(() => changeInput(input, "#333333"));
+    expect(onPreview).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(onPreview).toHaveBeenCalledWith("rgb(51, 51, 51)");
+  });
+
+  it("tracks exactly once per completed edit, not once per keystroke", () => {
+    const input = openHexInput(renderColorField());
+
+    for (const value of ["#", "#1", "#12", "#12A", "#12AB", "#12AB3", "#12AB34"]) {
+      act(() => changeInput(input, value));
+    }
+    act(clickOutside);
+
+    expect(trackStudioEvent).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelColor.tsx b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelColor.tsx
index 93471ed04..c1a7201f9 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelColor.tsx
+++ b/packages/studio/src/components/editor/propertyPanelColor.tsx
@@ -184,11 +184,24 @@ export function ColorField({
   const brightnessPercent = Math.round(hsv.value * 100);
   const alphaPercent = Math.round(draftColor.alpha * 100);
 
-  const updateColorDraft = useCallback((nextValue: string) => {
+  const updateColorDraft = useCallback((nextValue: string, source: "hex" | "picker") => {
     const nextColor = parseCssColor(nextValue);
     if (!nextColor) return;
     setDraftColor(nextColor);
-    setHexDraft(toHexColor(nextColor).toUpperCase());
+    if (source === "picker") setHexDraft(toHexColor(nextColor).toUpperCase());
+  }, []);
+  const resolveColorGestureValue = useCallback((nextValue: string) => {
+    const source = nextValue.startsWith("#") ? "hex" : "picker";
+    if (source === "hex" && !/^#[0-9a-f]{6}$/i.test(nextValue)) return null;
+    const nextColor = parseCssColor(nextValue);
+    if (!nextColor) return null;
+    return {
+      source,
+      value: formatCssColor({
+        ...nextColor,
+        alpha: source === "hex" ? draftColorRef.current.alpha : nextColor.alpha,
+      }),
+    } as const;
   }, []);
   const persistColorValue = useCallback(
     (nextValue: string) => {
@@ -203,12 +216,17 @@ export function ColorField({
     settle: settleColorGesture,
     cancel: cancelColorGesture,
   } = useInspectorGestureTransaction({
-    sourceValue: value,
+    sourceValue: formatCssColor(colorFromCss(value)),
     onPreview: (nextValue) => {
-      updateColorDraft(nextValue);
-      onPreview?.(nextValue);
+      const resolved = resolveColorGestureValue(nextValue);
+      if (!resolved) return;
+      updateColorDraft(resolved.value, resolved.source);
+      onPreview?.(resolved.value);
+    },
+    onCommit: (nextValue) => {
+      const resolved = resolveColorGestureValue(nextValue);
+      if (resolved) persistColorValue(resolved.value);
     },
-    onCommit: persistColorValue,
   });
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -288,13 +306,11 @@ export function ColorField({
     commitHsv({ saturation, value: nextValue });
   };
 
-  const handleHexCommit = (nextHex: string) => {
+  const handleHexChange = (nextHex: string) => {
     setHexDraft(nextHex);
     const normalized = nextHex.trim().startsWith("#") ? nextHex.trim() : `#${nextHex.trim()}`;
-    const parsed = parseCssColor(normalized);
-    if (!parsed) return;
-    const nextValue = formatCssColor({ ...parsed, alpha: draftColorRef.current.alpha });
-    updateColorDraft(nextValue);
+    beginColorGesture();
+    previewColorGesture(normalized);
   };
 
   const picker = open
@@ -413,21 +429,8 @@ export function ColorField({
               <span className={LABEL}>Hex</span>
               <input
                 value={hexDraft}
-                onChange={(event) => handleHexCommit(event.target.value)}
-                onBlur={() => {
-                  const normalized = hexDraft.trim().startsWith("#")
-                    ? hexDraft.trim()
-                    : `#${hexDraft.trim()}`;
-                  const parsed = parseCssColor(normalized);
-                  if (parsed) {
-                    const nextValue = formatCssColor({
-                      ...parsed,
-                      alpha: draftColorRef.current.alpha,
-                    });
-                    persistColorValue(nextValue);
-                  }
-                  setHexDraft(toHexColor(draftColorRef.current).toUpperCase());
-                }}
+                onChange={(event) => handleHexChange(event.target.value)}
+                onBlur={settleColorGesture}
                 className={`${FIELD} h-10 w-full text-[11px] font-medium outline-none`}
                 spellCheck={false}
               />