diff --git a/addons/calendar/views/calendar_views.xml b/addons/calendar/views/calendar_views.xml
index c94d2c23b05..9ce0aa339ae 100644
--- a/addons/calendar/views/calendar_views.xml
+++ b/addons/calendar/views/calendar_views.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
                 <field name="user_id" widget="many2one_avatar_user" readonly="recurrency" optional="hide"/>
                 <field name="partner_ids" widget="many2many_tags" readonly="recurrency" optional="show"/>
                 <field name="alarm_ids" widget="many2many_tags" optional="hide" readonly="recurrency"/>
-                <field name="categ_ids" widget="many2many_tags" optional="hide" readonly="recurrency"/>
+                <field name="categ_ids" widget="many2many_tags" optional="hide" readonly="recurrency" options="{'color_field': 'color'}"/>
                 <field name="recurrency" optional="hide" readonly="1"/>
                 <field name="privacy" optional="hide" readonly="recurrency"/>
                 <field name="show_as" optional="hide" readonly="recurrency"/>
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@
                 <field name="res_model_name" invisible="not res_model_name"
                        options="{'icon': 'fa fa-link', 'shouldOpenRecord': true}"/>
                 <field name="alarm_ids" invisible="not alarm_ids" options="{'icon': 'fa fa-bell-o'}"/>
-                <field name="categ_ids" invisible="not categ_ids" options="{'icon': 'fa fa-tag'}"/>
+                <field name="categ_ids" invisible="not categ_ids" options="{'icon': 'fa fa-tag', 'color_field': 'color'}"/>
                 <!-- For recurrence update Dialog -->
                 <field name="recurrency" invisible="1"/>
                 <field name="recurrence_update" invisible="1"/>