diff --git a/catroid/src/main/java/org/catrobat/catroid/formulaeditor/FormulaEditorEditText.java b/catroid/src/main/java/org/catrobat/catroid/formulaeditor/FormulaEditorEditText.java
index 485d38607a1..fc2c7e5b80b 100644
--- a/catroid/src/main/java/org/catrobat/catroid/formulaeditor/FormulaEditorEditText.java
+++ b/catroid/src/main/java/org/catrobat/catroid/formulaeditor/FormulaEditorEditText.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.graphics.Canvas;
 import android.graphics.Paint;
+import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.text.Layout;
 import android.text.Spannable;
 import android.text.style.BackgroundColorSpan;
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import static org.catrobat.catroid.formulaeditor.InternFormula.TokenSelectionType.USER_SELECTION;
+
 @SuppressLint("AppCompatCustomView")
 public class FormulaEditorEditText extends EditText implements OnTouchListener {
 
@@ -357,17 +360,38 @@ private String updateTextAndCursorFromInternFormula() {
 		if (absoluteCursorPosition > length()) {
 			absoluteCursorPosition = length();
 		}
-
 		highlightSelection();
-
 		return newExternFormulaString;
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean onTouch(View view, MotionEvent motion) {
+		if (motion.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP) {
+			Spannable spannable = (Spannable) getText();
+			int x = (int) (motion.getX() - getTotalPaddingLeft() + getScrollX());
+			int y = (int) (motion.getY() - getTotalPaddingTop() + getScrollY());
+
+			VisualizeColorImageSpan[] spans = spannable.getSpans(0, spannable.length(),
+					VisualizeColorImageSpan.class);
+			for (int i = 0; i < spans.length; i++) {
+				Rect rect = spans[i].getDrawRect();
+
+				if (rect != null && rect.contains(x, y)) {
+					internFormula.internFormulaTokenSelection = new InternFormulaTokenSelection(
+							USER_SELECTION, i, i);
+
+					formulaEditorFragment.showColorPickerDialog(view);
+					return true;
+				}
+			}
+		}
 		return gestureDetector.onTouchEvent(motion);
 	}
 
+	public void setSelectedColorValue() {
+		internFormula.selectWholeFormula();
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public boolean onCheckIsTextEditor() {
 		return false;
diff --git a/catroid/src/main/java/org/catrobat/catroid/formulaeditor/InternFormula.java b/catroid/src/main/java/org/catrobat/catroid/formulaeditor/InternFormula.java
index 14dc70dddea..b6dad75aee3 100644
--- a/catroid/src/main/java/org/catrobat/catroid/formulaeditor/InternFormula.java
+++ b/catroid/src/main/java/org/catrobat/catroid/formulaeditor/InternFormula.java
@@ -1190,4 +1190,8 @@ public void setInternTokenFormulaList(List<InternToken> list) {
 	public List<InternToken> getInternTokenFormulaList() {
 		return internTokenFormulaList;
 	}
+
+	public int getCursorPositionInternTokenIndex() {
+		return cursorPositionInternTokenIndex;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/catroid/src/main/java/org/catrobat/catroid/formulaeditor/VisualizeColorString.kt b/catroid/src/main/java/org/catrobat/catroid/formulaeditor/VisualizeColorString.kt
index 399aa8fa192..ee4b772047e 100644
--- a/catroid/src/main/java/org/catrobat/catroid/formulaeditor/VisualizeColorString.kt
+++ b/catroid/src/main/java/org/catrobat/catroid/formulaeditor/VisualizeColorString.kt
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ package org.catrobat.catroid.formulaeditor
 
 import android.content.Context
 import android.graphics.Bitmap
+import android.graphics.Canvas
+import android.graphics.Paint
 import android.text.style.ImageSpan
 import androidx.core.graphics.drawable.RoundedBitmapDrawable
 import androidx.core.graphics.drawable.RoundedBitmapDrawableFactory
@@ -78,4 +80,27 @@ class VisualizeColorString(
 class VisualizeColorImageSpan(
     drawable: RoundedBitmapDrawable,
     val colorValue: Int
-) : ImageSpan(drawable, ALIGN_BOTTOM)
+) : ImageSpan(drawable, ALIGN_BOTTOM) {
+
+    var drawRect: android.graphics.Rect? = null
+
+    override fun draw(
+        canvas: Canvas,
+        text: CharSequence,
+        start: Int,
+        end: Int,
+        x: Float,
+        top: Int,
+        y: Int,
+        bottom: Int,
+        paint: Paint
+    ) {
+        super.draw(canvas, text, start, end, x, top, y, bottom, paint)
+        drawRect = android.graphics.Rect(
+            x.toInt(),
+            top,
+            (x + drawable.bounds.width()).toInt(),
+            bottom
+        )
+    }
+}
diff --git a/catroid/src/main/java/org/catrobat/catroid/ui/fragment/FormulaEditorFragment.java b/catroid/src/main/java/org/catrobat/catroid/ui/fragment/FormulaEditorFragment.java
index b8905386818..d9f1c6326f5 100644
--- a/catroid/src/main/java/org/catrobat/catroid/ui/fragment/FormulaEditorFragment.java
+++ b/catroid/src/main/java/org/catrobat/catroid/ui/fragment/FormulaEditorFragment.java
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ private void showColorPicker(ShowFormulaEditorStrategy.Callback callback,
 		dialog.show(fragmentManager, null);
 	}
 
-	private void showColorPickerDialog(View view) {
+	public void showColorPickerDialog(View view) {
 		AppCompatActivity activity = UiUtils.getActivityFromView(view);
 		if (activity == null) {
 			return;