How to change material icon color in react?

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Today, we will learn to change the color of mui icon ( material icons ) with installation steps also an example of custom color, custom HEX color, and custom RGB color.

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Table Of Content

Installation
Example of using material icon
Example of color material icon
Example of custom color
Example of custom HEX color
Example of custom RGB color
Combined examples with output

Okay, now we know what we are going to do let’s start with Installation.

Installation

Install material package ( MUI )

For NPM developers

npm install @mui/material @emotion/react @emotion/styled

For Yarn developers

yarn add @mui/material @emotion/react @emotion/styled

Install material icon package

For NPM developers

npm install @mui/icons-material

For Yarn developers

yarn add @mui/icons-material

Example of use material icon

We have installed material icons in our react.js project, now we have to import some sample icons from the package and use it in a component.

Here, we are using an example of a delete icon.

import * as React from 'react';
import Grid from '@mui/material/Grid';
import Typography from '@mui/material/Typography';
import DeleteIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Delete';

export default function SvgMaterialIcons() {
  return (
    <Grid container sx={{ color: 'text.primary', width: '50%', margin: 'auto', marginTop: '50px' }}>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <Typography>Default</Typography>
      </Grid>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <DeleteIcon />
      </Grid>
    </Grid>
  );
}

Example of color material icon

MUI provides its own defined colors like primary, secondary, etc. to color in the material icon.

let’s see how we can able do that in material icons.

import * as React from 'react';
import Grid from '@mui/material/Grid';
import Typography from '@mui/material/Typography';
import DeleteIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Delete';

export default function SvgMaterialIcons() {
  return (
    <Grid container sx={{ color: 'text.primary', width: '50%', margin: 'auto', marginTop: '50px' }}>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <Typography>Primary</Typography>
      </Grid>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <DeleteIcon color="primary" />
      </Grid>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <Typography>Secondary</Typography>
      </Grid>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <DeleteIcon color="secondary" />
      </Grid>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <Typography>Success</Typography>
      </Grid>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <DeleteIcon color="success" />
      </Grid>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <Typography>Action</Typography>
      </Grid>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <DeleteIcon color="action" />
      </Grid>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <Typography>Disabled</Typography>
      </Grid>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <DeleteIcon color="disabled" />
      </Grid>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <Typography>Custom Color</Typography>
      </Grid>
    </Grid>
  );
}

Example of custom color

Here, we will see how we can use custom colors name like pink, blue, etc.

import * as React from 'react';
import Grid from '@mui/material/Grid';
import Typography from '@mui/material/Typography';
import DeleteIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Delete';

export default function SvgMaterialIcons() {
  return (
    <Grid container sx={{ color: 'text.primary', width: '50%', margin: 'auto', marginTop: '50px' }}>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <Typography>Custom Color</Typography>
      </Grid>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <DeleteIcon sx={{ color: 'pink' }} />
      </Grid>
    </Grid>
  );
}

Example of custom HEX color

Generally, everyone use HEX color let’s see how can we use in our material icon.

import * as React from 'react';
import Grid from '@mui/material/Grid';
import Typography from '@mui/material/Typography';
import DeleteIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Delete';

export default function SvgMaterialIcons() {
  return (
    <Grid container sx={{ color: 'text.primary', width: '50%', margin: 'auto', marginTop: '50px' }}>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <Typography>Custom Hex Color</Typography>
      </Grid>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <DeleteIcon sx={{ color: '#af7834' }} />
      </Grid>
    </Grid>
  );
}

Example of custom RGB color

The RGB color is one of the most used color combinations, let’s see how can we apply to material icons.

import * as React from 'react';
import Grid from '@mui/material/Grid';
import Typography from '@mui/material/Typography';
import DeleteIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Delete';

export default function SvgMaterialIcons() {
  return (
    <Grid container sx={{ color: 'text.primary', width: '50%', margin: 'auto', marginTop: '50px' }}>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <Typography>Custom RGB Color</Typography>
      </Grid>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <DeleteIcon sx={{ color: 'rgb(104, 223, 205)' }} />
      </Grid>
    </Grid>
  );
}

Combined examples with output

Here, we will combine all the above examples in one file and run it in react project.

import * as React from 'react';
import Grid from '@mui/material/Grid';
import Typography from '@mui/material/Typography';
import DeleteIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Delete';

export default function SvgMaterialIcons() {
  return (
    <Grid container sx={{ color: 'text.primary', width: '50%', margin: 'auto', marginTop: '50px' }}>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <Typography>Default</Typography>
      </Grid>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <DeleteIcon />
      </Grid>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <Typography>Primary</Typography>
      </Grid>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <DeleteIcon color="primary" />
      </Grid>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <Typography>Secondary</Typography>
      </Grid>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <DeleteIcon color="secondary" />
      </Grid>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <Typography>Success</Typography>
      </Grid>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <DeleteIcon color="success" />
      </Grid>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <Typography>Action</Typography>
      </Grid>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <DeleteIcon color="action" />
      </Grid>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <Typography>Disabled</Typography>
      </Grid>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <DeleteIcon color="disabled" />
      </Grid>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <Typography>Custom Color</Typography>
      </Grid>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <DeleteIcon sx={{ color: 'pink' }} />
      </Grid>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <Typography>Custom Hex Color</Typography>
      </Grid>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <DeleteIcon sx={{ color: '#af7834' }} />
      </Grid>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <Typography>Custom RGB Color</Typography>
      </Grid>
      <Grid item xs={6}>
        <DeleteIcon sx={{ color: 'rgb(104, 223, 205)' }} />
      </Grid>
    </Grid>
  );
}

Output

when you run the above code, you will get the output of all mentioned color icons. let’s see the output.

React, Material icon color example

All the best 👍.

Installation#

Example of use material icon#

Example of color material icon#

Example of custom color#

Example of custom HEX color#

Example of custom RGB color#

Combined examples with output#

Output#