diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/state-timeline/StateTimelinePanel.tsx b/public/app/plugins/panel/state-timeline/StateTimelinePanel.tsx
index eae9035421b..e88c140e777 100755
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/state-timeline/StateTimelinePanel.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/state-timeline/StateTimelinePanel.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ export const StateTimelinePanel: React.FC<TimelinePanelProps> = ({
     options.mergeValues,
   ]);
 
-  const legendItems = useMemo(() => prepareTimelineLegendItems(frames, options.legend), [frames, options.legend]);
+  const legendItems = useMemo(() => prepareTimelineLegendItems(frames, options.legend, theme), [
+    frames,
+    options.legend,
+    theme,
+  ]);
 
   if (!frames || warn) {
     return (
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/state-timeline/utils.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/state-timeline/utils.ts
index cb207894793..99edbe8aa34 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/state-timeline/utils.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/state-timeline/utils.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   FieldColorModeId,
   getValueFormat,
   ThresholdsMode,
+  GrafanaTheme2,
 } from '@grafana/data';
 import {
   UPlotConfigBuilder,
@@ -304,7 +305,8 @@ export function prepareTimelineFields(
 
 export function prepareTimelineLegendItems(
   frames: DataFrame[] | undefined,
-  options: VizLegendOptions
+  options: VizLegendOptions,
+  theme: GrafanaTheme2
 ): VizLegendItem[] | undefined {
   if (!frames || options.displayMode === 'hidden') {
     return undefined;
@@ -325,15 +327,18 @@ export function prepareTimelineLegendItems(
     const disp = getValueFormat(
       first.thresholds.mode === ThresholdsMode.Percentage ? 'percent' : first.unit ?? 'fixed'
     );
+
     const fmt = (v: number) => formattedValueToString(disp(v));
+
     for (let i = 1; i <= steps.length; i++) {
       const step = steps[i - 1];
       items.push({
         label: i === 1 ? `< ${fmt(steps[i].value)}` : `${fmt(step.value)}+`,
-        color: step.color,
+        color: theme.visualization.getColorByName(step.color),
         yAxis: 1,
       });
     }
+
     return items;
   }
 
@@ -355,7 +360,7 @@ export function prepareTimelineLegendItems(
     if (label.length > 0) {
       items.push({
         label: label!,
-        color,
+        color: theme.visualization.getColorByName(color ?? FALLBACK_COLOR),
         yAxis: 1,
       });
     }
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/status-grid/StatusGridPanel.tsx b/public/app/plugins/panel/status-grid/StatusGridPanel.tsx
index a4de9f152fd..54d3bfdc0da 100755
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/status-grid/StatusGridPanel.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/status-grid/StatusGridPanel.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@ export const StatusGridPanel: React.FC<TimelinePanelProps> = ({
 
   const { frames, warn } = useMemo(() => prepareTimelineFields(data?.series, false), [data]);
 
-  const legendItems = useMemo(() => prepareTimelineLegendItems(frames, options.legend), [frames, options.legend]);
+  const legendItems = useMemo(() => prepareTimelineLegendItems(frames, options.legend, theme), [
+    frames,
+    options.legend,
+    theme,
+  ]);
 
   if (!frames || warn) {
     return (