diff --git a/docs/src/details/xml/ui_elements/animations.rst b/docs/src/details/xml/ui_elements/animations.rst
index b33e8915c2..cefaa857de 100644
--- a/docs/src/details/xml/ui_elements/animations.rst
+++ b/docs/src/details/xml/ui_elements/animations.rst
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ that you can reference later.
 Inside a ``<timeline>``, you add ``<animation>``\ s to describe each step.
 Supported properties of ``<animation>`` are:
 
-- ``prop``: Style property to animate. All integer style properties are supported (colors are not).
+- ``prop``: Style property to animate. All integer, percentage and color style properties are supported.
 - ``selector``: Style selector, e.g. ``knob|pressed``. Default: ``main|default``.
 - ``target``: Name of the UI element to animate. ``self`` refers to the root element of the Component (the ``<view>``).
 - ``start``: Start value (integer only).
diff --git a/examples/others/xml/lv_example_xml_2.c b/examples/others/xml/lv_example_xml_2.c
index 57ddfb9a62..e74d271058 100644
--- a/examples/others/xml/lv_example_xml_2.c
+++ b/examples/others/xml/lv_example_xml_2.c
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ void lv_example_xml_2(void)
     lv_obj_t * obj = (lv_obj_t *) lv_xml_create(lv_screen_active(), "view", NULL);
     lv_obj_set_pos(obj, 10, 10);
 
-    lv_xml_component_unregister("my_button");
-
     const char * slider_attrs[] = {
         "x", "200",
         "y", "-15",
diff --git a/examples/others/xml/my_button.xml b/examples/others/xml/my_button.xml
index bcfb69a394..d0eed4ea6f 100644
--- a/examples/others/xml/my_button.xml
+++ b/examples/others/xml/my_button.xml
@@ -1,15 +1,42 @@
+<!-- A simple button that defines a show up animation for itself -->
 <component>
-	<consts>
-		<px name="size" value="100"/>
-		<color name="orange" value="0xffa020"/>
-	</consts>
+    <api>
+        <prop name="label_text" type="string" default="Click me" />
+    </api>
 
-	<api>
-		<prop name="btn_text" type="string"/>
-	</api>
+    <styles>
+        <style
+            name="style_base"
+            bg_opa="100%"
+            bg_color="0x000044"
+            width="content"
+            height="content"
+            radius="10"
+            pad_hor="30"
+            pad_ver="20"
+            text_color="0xfff"
+        />
 
-	<view extends="lv_button" width="#size">
-		<my_h3 text="$btn_text" align="center" color="#orange"/>
-	</view>
+        <style name="style_pressed" recolor="0xfff" recolor_opa="20%" />
+    </styles>
+
+    <animations>
+        <!-- Fade in and move up
+             This animation can be played later in an event by a parent component or screen -->
+        <timeline name="show_up">
+            <animation target="self" prop="opa" start="0" end="255" duration="200" early_apply="true" />
+            <animation target="self" prop="bg_color" start="0xff0000" end="0x00ff00" duration="2000" early_apply="true" />
+            <animation target="self" prop="translate_y" start="20" end="0" duration="200" early_apply="true" />
+            <animation target="self" prop="width" start="0%" end="50%" duration="200" early_apply="true" />
+        </timeline>
+    </animations>
+
+    <view extends="lv_button">
+        <remove_style_all />
+        <style name="style_base" />
+        <style name="style_pressed" selector="pressed" />
+
+        <lv_label text="$label_text" align="center" />
+        <play_timeline_event target="self" timeline="show_up" />
+    </view>
 </component>
-
diff --git a/examples/others/xml/view.xml b/examples/others/xml/view.xml
index 5facef5cd3..6d2b57bbae 100644
--- a/examples/others/xml/view.xml
+++ b/examples/others/xml/view.xml
@@ -9,26 +9,11 @@
 		<style name="btn_pr_style" bg_opa="255"/>
 	</styles>
 
-	<view extends="lv_obj" name="main" width="280" height="content" style_bg_color="#light_blue"
-        style_layout="grid" style_grid_column_dsc_array="100 fr(1)" style_grid_row_dsc_array="50 200"
-
-    >
-        <lv_obj style_grid_cell_column_pos="0" style_grid_cell_column_span="1" style_grid_cell_x_align="stretch"
-                style_grid_cell_row_pos="0" style_grid_cell_row_span="1"  style_grid_cell_y_align="stretch">
-            <lv_label text="0/0"/>
-        </lv_obj>
-        <lv_obj style_grid_cell_column_pos="0" style_grid_cell_column_span="1" style_grid_cell_x_align="stretch"
-                style_grid_cell_row_pos="1" style_grid_cell_row_span="1"  style_grid_cell_y_align="stretch">
-            <lv_label text="0/1"/>
-        </lv_obj>
-        <lv_obj style_grid_cell_column_pos="1" style_grid_cell_column_span="1" style_grid_cell_x_align="stretch"
-                style_grid_cell_row_pos="0" style_grid_cell_row_span="1"  style_grid_cell_y_align="stretch">
-            <lv_label text="1/0"/>
-        </lv_obj>
-        <lv_obj style_grid_cell_column_pos="1" style_grid_cell_column_span="1" style_grid_cell_x_align="stretch"
-                style_grid_cell_row_pos="1" style_grid_cell_row_span="1"  style_grid_cell_y_align="stretch">
-            <lv_label text="1/1"/>
-        </lv_obj>
-
+	<view width="280" height="content"
+            flex_flow="column">
+        <my_button/>
+        <my_button/>
+        <my_button/>
+        <my_button/>
 	</view>
 </component>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/xml/lv_xml_component.c b/src/xml/lv_xml_component.c
index 9805170fac..82dede8276 100644
--- a/src/xml/lv_xml_component.c
+++ b/src/xml/lv_xml_component.c
@@ -32,9 +32,19 @@
  **********************/
 typedef enum {
     STYLE_PROP_TYPE_INT,
+    STYLE_PROP_TYPE_OPA,
+    STYLE_PROP_TYPE_COLOR,
     STYLE_PROP_TYPE_UNKNOWN
 } style_prop_anim_type_t;
 
+typedef struct {
+    lv_style_selector_t selector;
+    lv_style_prop_t prop;
+    style_prop_anim_type_t prop_type;
+    lv_color_t color_start;
+    lv_color_t color_end;
+} anim_data_t;
+
 /**********************
  *  STATIC PROTOTYPES
  **********************/
@@ -46,8 +56,7 @@ static void process_image_element(lv_xml_parser_state_t * state, const char * ty
 static void process_prop_element(lv_xml_parser_state_t * state, const char ** attrs);
 static char * extract_view_content(const char * xml_definition);
 static style_prop_anim_type_t style_prop_anim_get_type(lv_style_prop_t prop);
-static int32_t anim_value_to_int(lv_style_prop_t prop_type, const char * value_str);
-static void int_anim_exec_cb(lv_anim_t * a, int32_t v);
+static void anim_exec_cb(lv_anim_t * a, int32_t v);
 
 /**********************
  *  STATIC VARIABLES
@@ -318,6 +327,7 @@ lv_result_t lv_xml_component_unregister(const char * name)
         lv_xml_anim_timeline_child_t * child;
         LV_LL_READ(&timeline->anims_ll, child) {
             if(child->is_anim) {
+                lv_free(child->data.anim.user_data); /*It was anim_data_t*/
                 lv_free(child->data.anim.var); /*It was the name of the target object*/
             }
             else {
@@ -592,10 +602,6 @@ static void process_animation_element(lv_xml_parser_state_t * state, const char
 
     lv_style_selector_t selector = lv_xml_style_selector_text_to_enum(selector_str);
 
-    int32_t start = anim_value_to_int(prop_type, start_str);
-    int32_t end = anim_value_to_int(prop_type, end_str);
-
-
     if(target_str[0] == '#') target_str = lv_xml_get_const(&state->scope, &target_str[1]);
     if(prop_str[0] == '#') prop_str = lv_xml_get_const(&state->scope, &prop_str[1]);
     if(start_str[0] == '#') start_str = lv_xml_get_const(&state->scope, &start_str[1]);
@@ -615,20 +621,41 @@ static void process_animation_element(lv_xml_parser_state_t * state, const char
         return;
     }
 
-    uint32_t selector_and_prop = ((prop & 0xff) << 24) | selector;
-
     lv_xml_anim_timeline_child_t * child = lv_ll_ins_tail(&at->anims_ll);
     child->is_anim = true;
     lv_anim_t * a = &child->data.anim;
 
+    anim_data_t * anim_data = lv_malloc(sizeof(anim_data_t));
+    anim_data->selector = selector;
+    anim_data->prop = prop;
+    anim_data->prop_type = prop_type;
+
     lv_anim_init(a);
+
+    if(prop_type == STYLE_PROP_TYPE_INT) {
+        int32_t start = lv_xml_to_size(start_str);
+        int32_t end = lv_xml_to_size(end_str);
+        lv_anim_set_values(a, start, end);
+        lv_anim_set_custom_exec_cb(a, anim_exec_cb);
+    }
+    else if(prop_type == STYLE_PROP_TYPE_OPA) {
+        int32_t start = lv_xml_to_opa(start_str);
+        int32_t end = lv_xml_to_opa(end_str);
+        lv_anim_set_values(a, start, end);
+        lv_anim_set_custom_exec_cb(a, anim_exec_cb);
+    }
+    else if(prop_type == STYLE_PROP_TYPE_COLOR) {
+        anim_data->color_start = lv_xml_to_color(start_str);
+        anim_data->color_end = lv_xml_to_color(end_str);
+        lv_anim_set_values(a, 0, 255);
+        lv_anim_set_custom_exec_cb(a, anim_exec_cb);
+    }
+
     lv_anim_set_var(a, lv_strdup(target_str));
-    lv_anim_set_values(a, start, end);
-    lv_anim_set_custom_exec_cb(a, int_anim_exec_cb);
     lv_anim_set_duration(a, lv_xml_atoi(duration_str));
     lv_anim_set_delay(a, lv_xml_atoi(delay_str));
     lv_anim_set_early_apply(a, lv_xml_to_bool(early_apply_str));
-    lv_anim_set_user_data(a, (void *)((uintptr_t)selector_and_prop));
+    lv_anim_set_user_data(a, anim_data);
 }
 
 static void process_include_timeline_element(lv_xml_parser_state_t * state, const char ** attrs)
@@ -989,34 +1016,22 @@ static style_prop_anim_type_t style_prop_anim_get_type(lv_style_prop_t prop)
         case LV_STYLE_MARGIN_RIGHT:
         case LV_STYLE_MARGIN_TOP:
         case LV_STYLE_MARGIN_BOTTOM:
-        case LV_STYLE_BG_OPA:
         case LV_STYLE_BG_MAIN_STOP:
         case LV_STYLE_BG_GRAD_STOP:
         case LV_STYLE_BG_IMAGE_RECOLOR_OPA:
         case LV_STYLE_BORDER_WIDTH:
-        case LV_STYLE_BORDER_OPA:
         case LV_STYLE_OUTLINE_WIDTH:
-        case LV_STYLE_OUTLINE_OPA:
         case LV_STYLE_OUTLINE_PAD:
         case LV_STYLE_SHADOW_WIDTH:
         case LV_STYLE_SHADOW_OFFSET_X:
         case LV_STYLE_SHADOW_OFFSET_Y:
         case LV_STYLE_SHADOW_SPREAD:
-        case LV_STYLE_SHADOW_OPA:
-        case LV_STYLE_TEXT_OPA:
         case LV_STYLE_TEXT_LETTER_SPACE:
         case LV_STYLE_TEXT_LINE_SPACE:
-        case LV_STYLE_IMAGE_OPA:
-        case LV_STYLE_IMAGE_RECOLOR_OPA:
-        case LV_STYLE_LINE_OPA:
         case LV_STYLE_LINE_WIDTH:
         case LV_STYLE_LINE_DASH_WIDTH:
         case LV_STYLE_LINE_DASH_GAP:
-        case LV_STYLE_ARC_OPA:
         case LV_STYLE_ARC_WIDTH:
-        case LV_STYLE_OPA:
-        case LV_STYLE_OPA_LAYERED:
-        case LV_STYLE_COLOR_FILTER_OPA:
         case LV_STYLE_TRANSFORM_WIDTH:
         case LV_STYLE_TRANSFORM_HEIGHT:
         case LV_STYLE_TRANSLATE_X:
@@ -1027,33 +1042,52 @@ static style_prop_anim_type_t style_prop_anim_get_type(lv_style_prop_t prop)
         case LV_STYLE_TRANSFORM_ROTATION:
         case LV_STYLE_TRANSFORM_PIVOT_X:
         case LV_STYLE_TRANSFORM_PIVOT_Y:
-        case LV_STYLE_RECOLOR_OPA:
             return STYLE_PROP_TYPE_INT;
 
+        case LV_STYLE_ARC_OPA:
+        case LV_STYLE_OPA:
+        case LV_STYLE_OPA_LAYERED:
+        case LV_STYLE_BG_OPA:
+        case LV_STYLE_BORDER_OPA:
+        case LV_STYLE_OUTLINE_OPA:
+        case LV_STYLE_SHADOW_OPA:
+        case LV_STYLE_TEXT_OPA:
+        case LV_STYLE_LINE_OPA:
+        case LV_STYLE_IMAGE_OPA:
+        case LV_STYLE_IMAGE_RECOLOR_OPA:
+        case LV_STYLE_RECOLOR_OPA:
+        case LV_STYLE_COLOR_FILTER_OPA:
+            return STYLE_PROP_TYPE_OPA;
+
+        case LV_STYLE_ARC_COLOR:
+        case LV_STYLE_BG_COLOR:
+        case LV_STYLE_BG_GRAD_COLOR:
+        case LV_STYLE_BORDER_COLOR:
+        case LV_STYLE_LINE_COLOR:
+        case LV_STYLE_OUTLINE_COLOR:
+        case LV_STYLE_SHADOW_COLOR:
+        case LV_STYLE_TEXT_COLOR:
+            return STYLE_PROP_TYPE_COLOR;
+
         default:
             return STYLE_PROP_TYPE_UNKNOWN;
 
     }
 }
 
-static int32_t anim_value_to_int(lv_style_prop_t prop_type, const char * value_str)
+static void anim_exec_cb(lv_anim_t * a, int32_t v)
 {
-    if(prop_type == STYLE_PROP_TYPE_INT) {
-        return lv_xml_atoi(value_str);
-    }
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
-static void int_anim_exec_cb(lv_anim_t * a, int32_t v)
-{
-    uint32_t data = (lv_uintptr_t)lv_anim_get_user_data(a);
-    lv_style_prop_t prop = data >> 24;
-    lv_style_selector_t selector = data & 0x00ffffff;
+    anim_data_t * anim_data = lv_anim_get_user_data(a);
 
     lv_style_value_t style_value;
-    style_value.num = v;
-    lv_obj_set_local_style_prop(a->var, prop, style_value, selector);
+    if(anim_data->prop_type == STYLE_PROP_TYPE_INT || anim_data->prop_type == STYLE_PROP_TYPE_OPA) {
+        style_value.num = v;
+    }
+    else if(anim_data->prop_type == STYLE_PROP_TYPE_COLOR) {
+        style_value.color = lv_color_mix(anim_data->color_end, anim_data->color_start, v);
+    }
+
+    lv_obj_set_local_style_prop(a->var, anim_data->prop, style_value, anim_data->selector);
 }