diff --git a/src/uix/eidos/components/color-picker/color-picker.css b/src/uix/eidos/components/color-picker/color-picker.css
index 580c1f3fa..3f8e7eda3 100644
--- a/src/uix/eidos/components/color-picker/color-picker.css
+++ b/src/uix/eidos/components/color-picker/color-picker.css
@@ -290,6 +290,15 @@
 	background: linear-gradient(to right, white, transparent);
 }
 
+/* The x axis carries a colour CHANNEL across the inline dimension — a reading
+   axis — so the area mirrors in RTL and soma already mirrors the thumb and the
+   drag with it (see `physicalXProgress`). The ramp has to follow, or the
+   gradient stops matching the value under the thumb. `to right` has no logical
+   form, hence the `:dir()` pair. The block-axis overlays below never flip. */
+[data-color-picker-area-background]:dir(rtl)::before {
+	background: linear-gradient(to left, white, transparent);
+}
+
 /* Brightness overlay: transparent at top, pure black at the bottom. */
 [data-color-picker-area-background]::after {
 	background: linear-gradient(to top, black, transparent);
@@ -322,6 +331,21 @@
 		) !important; /* important: bypasses soma's inline base background */
 }
 
+/* Mirrored rainbow — same reason as the saturation ramp above. */
+[data-color-picker-area][data-x-channel='hue'] [data-color-picker-area-background]:dir(rtl) {
+	background:
+		linear-gradient(
+			to left,
+			var(--color-picker-hue-0) 0%,
+			var(--color-picker-hue-60) 17%,
+			var(--color-picker-hue-120) 33%,
+			var(--color-picker-hue-180) 50%,
+			var(--color-picker-hue-240) 67%,
+			var(--color-picker-hue-300) 83%,
+			var(--color-picker-hue-360) 100%
+		) !important; /* important: bypasses soma's inline base background */
+}
+
 /* y=saturation: top vivid, bottom gray (desaturated). The ::before slot is
    the only overlay; ::after (brightness) is suppressed. */
 [data-color-picker-area][data-x-channel='hue'][data-y-channel='saturation']
diff --git a/src/uix/soma/components/color-picker/README.md b/src/uix/soma/components/color-picker/README.md
index 861c239c4..6cf0136b6 100644
--- a/src/uix/soma/components/color-picker/README.md
+++ b/src/uix/soma/components/color-picker/README.md
@@ -185,6 +185,26 @@ The 2D `Area` by default maps X = `saturation`, Y = `brightness`. Override via t
 - **EyeDropper**: Enter / Space invokes the browser picker.
 - **Escape** inside the Popover: closes and returns focus to the Trigger.
 
+## RTL
+
+The x axis carries a colour **channel** across the inline dimension — a reading
+axis — so **the Area mirrors in RTL**, together with the channel sliders. This
+follows react-aria's `ColorArea` ("orientation of the gradient background,
+positioning of the thumb, and dragging behavior is automatically mirrored"); a
+radial wheel would not mirror, the same reading-vs-radial split the chart rule
+uses. The Y axis is the block axis and never flips.
+
+| Piece | In RTL |
+| --- | --- |
+| Area pointer | the physical fraction is mirrored onto the channel: clicking 25% from the left edge yields channel 75 |
+| Area thumb | anchor stays **physical** (`left`) — the recipe centres it with `translate(-50%,-50%)`, and a logical anchor paired with a physical translate is the trap the RTL contract forbids. Soma feeds it the already-mirrored fraction (`physicalXProgress`) |
+| Area arrows | `ArrowRight` moves the thumb physically right, so it **decreases** the channel |
+| Area gradients | the saturation ramp and the hue rainbow flip via `:dir(rtl)` in the recipe — `to right` has no logical form |
+| Channel sliders | the generic `SliderProvider` underneath already mirrors thumb, pointer and keyboard; only `channelGradient` needed the direction, or the swatch under the thumb showed the wrong colour |
+
+`Home`/`End` stay **min/max of the channel** (a value, not a physical edge), the
+same way a slider's do.
+
 ## Data attributes
 
 All parts emit their canonical `data-color-picker-{part}` attribute. State-bearing attributes:
diff --git a/src/uix/soma/components/color-picker/color-picker-provider.svelte.test.ts b/src/uix/soma/components/color-picker/color-picker-provider.svelte.test.ts
index 770f48aa9..8967021e6 100644
--- a/src/uix/soma/components/color-picker/color-picker-provider.svelte.test.ts
+++ b/src/uix/soma/components/color-picker/color-picker-provider.svelte.test.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import {
 	ColorPickerTriggerProvider,
 	ColorPickerValueSwatchProvider,
 	ColorPickerValueTextProvider,
+	channelGradient,
 	getChannelRange,
 	getColorChannel,
 	setColorChannel
@@ -234,6 +235,64 @@ describe('ColorPickerProvider', () => {
 		dom.dispose();
 	});
 
+	// Anchors the RTL mirroring of the 2D area. The x axis carries a colour
+	// CHANNEL across the inline dimension — a reading axis — so it mirrors, the
+	// way react-aria's ColorArea does; a radial wheel would not. Before this,
+	// clicking the same physical spot produced the same channel value in both
+	// directions and the gradient never followed the thumb.
+	it('mirrors the 2D area in RTL — pointer, thumb, arrows and gradient', () => {
+		const { dom } = installSomaHarness();
+		const opts = createColorPickerOpts();
+		opts.dir.current = 'rtl';
+		opts.value.current = colorValueFromRgb({ r: 255, g: 0, b: 0, a: 1 });
+
+		const { result, cleanup } = withEffectRoot(() => {
+			const provider = ColorPickerProvider.create(opts);
+			vi.spyOn(ColorPickerProvider.ctx, 'get').mockReturnValue(provider);
+			const area = ColorPickerAreaProvider.create({
+				id: state('color-picker-area'),
+				ref: state<HTMLElement | null>(document.createElement('div')),
+				xChannel: state<ColorChannel | undefined>(undefined),
+				yChannel: state<ColorChannel | undefined>(undefined)
+			});
+			vi.spyOn(ColorPickerAreaProvider.ctx, 'get').mockReturnValue(area);
+			const thumb = ColorPickerAreaThumbProvider.create({
+				id: state('color-picker-area-thumb'),
+				ref: state<HTMLElement | null>(null)
+			});
+			return { provider, area, thumb };
+		});
+
+		// Same physical point as the LTR test above (25% from the left edge), but
+		// the channel now grows leftwards: saturation reads 75, not 25.
+		result.area.handlePointerMove(25, 150, rect(0, 0, 100, 200));
+		expect(Math.round(result.provider.effectiveColor.hsv.s)).toBe(75);
+		// Y is the block axis and is untouched by direction.
+		expect(Math.round(result.provider.effectiveColor.hsv.v)).toBe(25);
+
+		// The thumb still lands under the cursor: the anchor stays PHYSICAL so it
+		// composes with the recipe's `translate(-50%, -50%)`.
+		expect(result.area.thumbStyle).toEqual({ left: '25%', top: '75%' });
+
+		// ArrowRight moves the thumb physically right ⇒ the channel DECREASES.
+		result.thumb.props.onkeydown(keyEvent('ArrowRight') as never);
+		expect(Math.round(result.provider.effectiveColor.hsv.s)).toBe(74);
+
+		cleanup();
+		dom.dispose();
+	});
+
+	it('mirrors the channel gradient on the inline axis only', () => {
+		const red = colorValueFromRgb({ r: 255, g: 0, b: 0, a: 1 });
+		expect(channelGradient(red, 'hue', 'horizontal', 'ltr')).toContain('to right');
+		expect(channelGradient(red, 'hue', 'horizontal', 'rtl')).toContain('to left');
+		// Vertical is the block axis — same ramp in both directions.
+		expect(channelGradient(red, 'hue', 'vertical', 'ltr')).toContain('to top');
+		expect(channelGradient(red, 'hue', 'vertical', 'rtl')).toContain('to top');
+		// Default keeps the LTR ramp, so an un-updated caller is unaffected.
+		expect(channelGradient(red, 'alpha', 'horizontal')).toContain('to right');
+	});
+
 	it('lets each area override the root channel mapping', () => {
 		const { dom } = installSomaHarness();
 		const opts = createColorPickerOpts();
diff --git a/src/uix/soma/components/color-picker/color-picker-provider.svelte.ts b/src/uix/soma/components/color-picker/color-picker-provider.svelte.ts
index d8e3f9e98..c45c0d114 100644
--- a/src/uix/soma/components/color-picker/color-picker-provider.svelte.ts
+++ b/src/uix/soma/components/color-picker/color-picker-provider.svelte.ts
@@ -816,8 +816,26 @@ export class ColorPickerAreaProvider {
 		return `hsl(${hue}, 100%, 50%)`;
 	});
 
+	/**
+	 * `xProgress` as a fraction of the area's PHYSICAL width, from its left
+	 * edge. The x axis carries a colour CHANNEL mapped across the inline
+	 * dimension — a reading axis — so an RTL area mirrors: the channel's
+	 * minimum sits on the right. react-aria states it outright for `ColorArea`
+	 * ("orientation of the gradient background, positioning of the thumb, and
+	 * dragging behavior is automatically mirrored"); a radial `ColorWheel` does
+	 * not, which is the same reading-vs-radial split the chart rule uses.
+	 *
+	 * Kept PHYSICAL rather than switching the anchor to `inset-inline-start`
+	 * because the recipe centres the thumb with `translate(-50%, -50%)`, and a
+	 * logical anchor paired with a physical translate is exactly the trap the
+	 * RTL contract forbids. The Y axis is the block axis and never flips.
+	 */
+	readonly physicalXProgress: number = $derived.by(() =>
+		this.provider.resolvedDir === 'rtl' ? 1 - this.xProgress : this.xProgress
+	);
+
 	readonly thumbStyle: { left: string; top: string } = $derived.by(() => ({
-		left: `${this.xProgress * 100}%`,
+		left: `${this.physicalXProgress * 100}%`,
 		// Invert Y — top = max (top of area), bottom = min.
 		top: `${(1 - this.yProgress) * 100}%`
 	}));
@@ -831,7 +849,10 @@ export class ColorPickerAreaProvider {
 		// readonly / disabled lock the value: no pointer-driven edit (mirrors the
 		// guarded keyboard path). readonly keeps focus/visibility; disabled also dims.
 		if (this.provider.isDisabled || this.provider.isReadonly) return;
-		const xProgress = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (clientX - rect.left) / rect.width));
+		// The pointer arrives in PHYSICAL coordinates; mirror it back onto the
+		// channel's own axis so dragging tracks the gradient under the cursor.
+		const physicalX = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (clientX - rect.left) / rect.width));
+		const xProgress = this.provider.resolvedDir === 'rtl' ? 1 - physicalX : physicalX;
 		const yProgress = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, 1 - (clientY - rect.top) / rect.height));
 		const xRange = getChannelRange(this.xChannel);
 		const yRange = getChannelRange(this.yChannel);
@@ -960,12 +981,16 @@ export class ColorPickerAreaThumbProvider {
 
 		let nextX = x;
 		let nextY = y;
+		// The area mirrors in RTL, so the arrow that moves the thumb physically
+		// right is the one that DECREASES the channel. react-aria's rule: the
+		// left arrow always moves to what is physically on the left.
+		const xStep = this.provider.resolvedDir === 'rtl' ? -step : step;
 		switch (e.key) {
 			case KEYS.ARROW_RIGHT:
-				nextX = Math.min(xRange.max, x + step);
+				nextX = Math.max(xRange.min, Math.min(xRange.max, x + xStep));
 				break;
 			case KEYS.ARROW_LEFT:
-				nextX = Math.max(xRange.min, x - step);
+				nextX = Math.max(xRange.min, Math.min(xRange.max, x - xStep));
 				break;
 			case KEYS.ARROW_UP:
 				nextY = Math.min(yRange.max, y + step);
@@ -1002,7 +1027,8 @@ export class ColorPickerAreaThumbProvider {
 	};
 
 	readonly props = $derived.by(() => {
-		const x = this.area.xProgress * 100;
+		// Physical fraction: the area mirrors in RTL (see `physicalXProgress`).
+		const x = this.area.physicalXProgress * 100;
 		const y = (1 - this.area.yProgress) * 100;
 		const ariaText = this.ariaValueText;
 		return this.runtimePart.assert({
@@ -1032,41 +1058,51 @@ export class ColorPickerAreaThumbProvider {
 
 type Orientation = 'horizontal' | 'vertical';
 
-/** Gradient string representing a channel's full range under the current color. */
+/**
+ * Gradient string representing a channel's full range under the current color.
+ *
+ * The horizontal ramp follows the READING axis: the generic `SliderProvider`
+ * underneath already mirrors its thumb in RTL, so a gradient pinned to `to
+ * right` would leave the swatch under the thumb showing the wrong colour —
+ * measured at hue 210: thumb 123px from the right, gradient still counting
+ * from the left. The vertical one is the block axis and never flips.
+ */
 export function channelGradient(
 	current: ColorValue,
 	channel: ColorChannel,
-	orientation: Orientation
+	orientation: Orientation,
+	dir: Direction = 'ltr'
 ): string {
-	const dir = orientation === 'horizontal' ? 'to right' : 'to top';
+	const inlineEnd = dir === 'rtl' ? 'to left' : 'to right';
+	const gradientDir = orientation === 'horizontal' ? inlineEnd : 'to top';
 	switch (channel) {
 		case 'hue':
-			return `linear-gradient(${dir}, #f00 0%, #ff0 17%, #0f0 33%, #0ff 50%, #00f 67%, #f0f 83%, #f00 100%)`;
+			return `linear-gradient(${gradientDir}, #f00 0%, #ff0 17%, #0f0 33%, #0ff 50%, #00f 67%, #f0f 83%, #f00 100%)`;
 		case 'alpha': {
 			const { r, g, b } = current.rgb;
-			return `linear-gradient(${dir}, rgba(${r},${g},${b},0), rgba(${r},${g},${b},1))`;
+			return `linear-gradient(${gradientDir}, rgba(${r},${g},${b},0), rgba(${r},${g},${b},1))`;
 		}
 		case 'saturation': {
 			const h = current.hsv.h;
 			const v = current.hsv.v;
-			return `linear-gradient(${dir}, hsl(${h},0%,${v / 2}%) 0%, hsl(${h},100%,${v / 2}%) 100%)`;
+			return `linear-gradient(${gradientDir}, hsl(${h},0%,${v / 2}%) 0%, hsl(${h},100%,${v / 2}%) 100%)`;
 		}
 		case 'brightness': {
 			const h = current.hsv.h;
 			const s = current.hsv.s;
-			return `linear-gradient(${dir}, #000 0%, hsl(${h},${s}%,50%) 100%)`;
+			return `linear-gradient(${gradientDir}, #000 0%, hsl(${h},${s}%,50%) 100%)`;
 		}
 		case 'red': {
 			const { g, b } = current.rgb;
-			return `linear-gradient(${dir}, rgb(0,${g},${b}), rgb(255,${g},${b}))`;
+			return `linear-gradient(${gradientDir}, rgb(0,${g},${b}), rgb(255,${g},${b}))`;
 		}
 		case 'green': {
 			const { r, b } = current.rgb;
-			return `linear-gradient(${dir}, rgb(${r},0,${b}), rgb(${r},255,${b}))`;
+			return `linear-gradient(${gradientDir}, rgb(${r},0,${b}), rgb(${r},255,${b}))`;
 		}
 		case 'blue': {
 			const { r, g } = current.rgb;
-			return `linear-gradient(${dir}, rgb(${r},${g},0), rgb(${r},${g},255))`;
+			return `linear-gradient(${gradientDir}, rgb(${r},${g},0), rgb(${r},${g},255))`;
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/uix/soma/components/color-picker/components/color-picker-channel-slider.svelte b/src/uix/soma/components/color-picker/components/color-picker-channel-slider.svelte
index ac9c79db8..401ec0edd 100644
--- a/src/uix/soma/components/color-picker/components/color-picker-channel-slider.svelte
+++ b/src/uix/soma/components/color-picker/components/color-picker-channel-slider.svelte
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@
 
 	const range = $derived(getChannelRange(channel));
 	const channelValue = $derived(getColorChannel(cp.effectiveColor, channel));
-	const gradient = $derived(channelGradient(cp.effectiveColor, channel, orientation));
+	// The slider underneath already mirrors its thumb in RTL, so the ramp has to
+	// mirror with it or the swatch under the thumb shows the wrong colour.
+	const gradient = $derived(
+		channelGradient(cp.effectiveColor, channel, orientation, cp.resolvedDir)
+	);
 
 	// Continuous values (0..255 for RGB, 0..360 for hue, 0..100 for saturation/
 	// brightness, 0..1 for alpha). Step sizes chosen so keyboard arrows produce