diff --git a/apps/barista-design-system/src/components/icon-color-wheel/icon-color-wheel.ts b/apps/barista-design-system/src/components/icon-color-wheel/icon-color-wheel.ts
index 70463cd50f..d9b47ddb9f 100644
--- a/apps/barista-design-system/src/components/icon-color-wheel/icon-color-wheel.ts
+++ b/apps/barista-design-system/src/components/icon-color-wheel/icon-color-wheel.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ export class BaIconColorWheel {
 
   constructor(private _sanitizer: DomSanitizer) {
     const groupedBlobs = Object.keys(DtColors)
+      /** breaking-change Can eb removed when flat_white is removed from the color list. 7.0.0 */
+      .filter(key => key !== 'FLAT_WHITE') // no flat white for the color wheel
       .map((key): BaColorWheelBlob | undefined => {
         /* tslint:disable no-magic-numbers */
         const parts = key.split('_');
diff --git a/libs/barista-components/core/src/style/_colors.scss b/libs/barista-components/core/src/style/_colors.scss
index 2dd141f29d..a9983d2c47 100644
--- a/libs/barista-components/core/src/style/_colors.scss
+++ b/libs/barista-components/core/src/style/_colors.scss
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 $white: #ffffff;
+/** @breaking-change Flat white will be removed with version 7.0.0 */
+/** @deprecated Use $white instead */
 $flat-white: #ffffff;
 
 $turquoise-100: #e1f7f9;
diff --git a/libs/barista-components/theming/src/colors.ts b/libs/barista-components/theming/src/colors.ts
index a138aa7d4f..98246d54ab 100644
--- a/libs/barista-components/theming/src/colors.ts
+++ b/libs/barista-components/theming/src/colors.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
  */
 export enum DtColors {
   WHITE = '#ffffff',
+  /** @breaking-change Flat white will be removed with version 7.0.0 */
+  /** @deprecated Use DtColors.WHITE instead */
   FLAT_WHITE = '#ffffff',
 
   BLUE_100 = '#e0f4fc',