diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldColor.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldColor.ts
index 7016c208994..78e0b632619 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldColor.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldColor.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import {
 import stringHash from 'string-hash';
 import tinycolor from 'tinycolor2';
 
+import { t } from '@grafana/i18n';
+
 import { getContrastRatio } from '../themes/colorManipulator';
 import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '../themes/types';
 import { reduceField } from '../transformations/fieldReducer';
@@ -30,10 +32,14 @@ export interface FieldColorMode extends RegistryItem {
   isContinuous?: boolean;
   isByValue?: boolean;
   useSeriesName?: boolean;
+  group?: string;
 }
 
 /** @internal */
 export const fieldColorModeRegistry = new Registry<FieldColorMode>(() => {
+  const accessibleGroup = t('grafana-data.field.fieldColor.accessibleGroup', 'Accessible');
+  const otherGroup = t('grafana-data.field.fieldColor.otherGroup', 'Others');
+
   return [
     {
       id: FieldColorModeId.Fixed,
@@ -88,6 +94,7 @@ export const fieldColorModeRegistry = new Registry<FieldColorMode>(() => {
       isContinuous: true,
       isByValue: true,
       interpolator: interpolateViridis,
+      group: accessibleGroup,
     }),
     new FieldColorSchemeMode({
       id: FieldColorModeId.ContinuousMagma,
@@ -95,6 +102,7 @@ export const fieldColorModeRegistry = new Registry<FieldColorMode>(() => {
       isContinuous: true,
       isByValue: true,
       interpolator: interpolateMagma,
+      group: accessibleGroup,
     }),
     new FieldColorSchemeMode({
       id: FieldColorModeId.ContinuousPlasma,
@@ -102,6 +110,7 @@ export const fieldColorModeRegistry = new Registry<FieldColorMode>(() => {
       isContinuous: true,
       isByValue: true,
       interpolator: interpolatePlasma,
+      group: accessibleGroup,
     }),
     new FieldColorSchemeMode({
       id: FieldColorModeId.ContinuousInferno,
@@ -109,6 +118,7 @@ export const fieldColorModeRegistry = new Registry<FieldColorMode>(() => {
       isContinuous: true,
       isByValue: true,
       interpolator: interpolateInferno,
+      group: accessibleGroup,
     }),
     new FieldColorSchemeMode({
       id: FieldColorModeId.ContinuousCividis,
@@ -116,6 +126,7 @@ export const fieldColorModeRegistry = new Registry<FieldColorMode>(() => {
       isContinuous: true,
       isByValue: true,
       interpolator: interpolateCividis,
+      group: accessibleGroup,
     }),
     new FieldColorSchemeMode({
       id: FieldColorModeId.ContinuousGrYlRd,
@@ -123,6 +134,7 @@ export const fieldColorModeRegistry = new Registry<FieldColorMode>(() => {
       isContinuous: true,
       isByValue: true,
       getColors: (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ['green', 'yellow', 'red'],
+      group: otherGroup,
     }),
     new FieldColorSchemeMode({
       id: FieldColorModeId.ContinuousRdYlGr,
@@ -130,6 +142,7 @@ export const fieldColorModeRegistry = new Registry<FieldColorMode>(() => {
       isContinuous: true,
       isByValue: true,
       getColors: (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ['red', 'yellow', 'green'],
+      group: otherGroup,
     }),
     new FieldColorSchemeMode({
       id: FieldColorModeId.ContinuousBlYlRd,
@@ -137,6 +150,7 @@ export const fieldColorModeRegistry = new Registry<FieldColorMode>(() => {
       isContinuous: true,
       isByValue: true,
       getColors: (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ['dark-blue', 'super-light-yellow', 'dark-red'],
+      group: otherGroup,
     }),
     new FieldColorSchemeMode({
       id: FieldColorModeId.ContinuousYlRd,
@@ -144,6 +158,7 @@ export const fieldColorModeRegistry = new Registry<FieldColorMode>(() => {
       isContinuous: true,
       isByValue: true,
       getColors: (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ['super-light-yellow', 'dark-red'],
+      group: otherGroup,
     }),
     new FieldColorSchemeMode({
       id: FieldColorModeId.ContinuousBlPu,
@@ -151,6 +166,7 @@ export const fieldColorModeRegistry = new Registry<FieldColorMode>(() => {
       isContinuous: true,
       isByValue: true,
       getColors: (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ['blue', 'purple'],
+      group: otherGroup,
     }),
     new FieldColorSchemeMode({
       id: FieldColorModeId.ContinuousYlBl,
@@ -158,6 +174,7 @@ export const fieldColorModeRegistry = new Registry<FieldColorMode>(() => {
       isContinuous: true,
       isByValue: true,
       getColors: (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ['super-light-yellow', 'dark-blue'],
+      group: otherGroup,
     }),
     new FieldColorSchemeMode({
       id: FieldColorModeId.ContinuousBlues,
@@ -165,6 +182,7 @@ export const fieldColorModeRegistry = new Registry<FieldColorMode>(() => {
       isContinuous: true,
       isByValue: true,
       getColors: (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ['panel-bg', 'dark-blue'],
+      group: otherGroup,
     }),
     new FieldColorSchemeMode({
       id: FieldColorModeId.ContinuousReds,
@@ -172,6 +190,7 @@ export const fieldColorModeRegistry = new Registry<FieldColorMode>(() => {
       isContinuous: true,
       isByValue: true,
       getColors: (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ['panel-bg', 'dark-red'],
+      group: otherGroup,
     }),
     new FieldColorSchemeMode({
       id: FieldColorModeId.ContinuousGreens,
@@ -179,6 +198,7 @@ export const fieldColorModeRegistry = new Registry<FieldColorMode>(() => {
       isContinuous: true,
       isByValue: true,
       getColors: (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ['panel-bg', 'dark-green'],
+      group: otherGroup,
     }),
     new FieldColorSchemeMode({
       id: FieldColorModeId.ContinuousPurples,
@@ -186,6 +206,7 @@ export const fieldColorModeRegistry = new Registry<FieldColorMode>(() => {
       isContinuous: true,
       isByValue: true,
       getColors: (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ['panel-bg', 'dark-purple'],
+      group: otherGroup,
     }),
   ];
 });
@@ -197,6 +218,7 @@ interface BaseFieldColorSchemeModeOptions {
   isContinuous: boolean;
   isByValue: boolean;
   useSeriesName?: boolean;
+  group?: string;
 }
 
 interface FieldColorSchemeModeInterpolator extends BaseFieldColorSchemeModeOptions {
@@ -222,6 +244,7 @@ export class FieldColorSchemeMode implements FieldColorMode {
   colorCacheTheme?: GrafanaTheme2;
   interpolator?: (value: number) => string;
   getNamedColors?: (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => string[];
+  group?: string;
 
   constructor(options: FieldColorSchemeModeOptions) {
     this.id = options.id;
@@ -232,6 +255,7 @@ export class FieldColorSchemeMode implements FieldColorMode {
     this.isByValue = options.isByValue;
     this.useSeriesName = options.useSeriesName;
     this.interpolator = options.interpolator;
+    this.group = options.group;
   }
 
   getColors(theme: GrafanaTheme2): string[] {
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/OptionsUI/fieldColor.tsx b/public/app/core/components/OptionsUI/fieldColor.tsx
index 39833b21c03..3f734a8e252 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/OptionsUI/fieldColor.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/OptionsUI/fieldColor.tsx
@@ -29,22 +29,39 @@ export const FieldColorEditor = ({ value, onChange, item, id }: Props) => {
     ? fieldColorModeRegistry.list()
     : fieldColorModeRegistry.list().filter((m) => !m.isByValue);
 
-  const options = availableOptions
-    .filter((mode) => !mode.excludeFromPicker)
-    .map((mode) => {
-      let suffix = mode.isByValue ? ' (by value)' : '';
+  const filteredOptions = availableOptions.filter((option) => !option.excludeFromPicker);
 
-      return {
-        value: mode.id,
-        label: `${mode.name}${suffix}`,
-        description: mode.description,
-        isContinuous: mode.isContinuous,
-        isByValue: mode.isByValue,
-        component() {
-          return <FieldColorModeViz mode={mode} theme={theme} />;
-        },
-      };
-    });
+  const options: Array<SelectableValue<string>> = [];
+  // collect any grouped options in this map
+  // this allows us to easily push to the child array without having to rescan the options array
+  // it also allows us to maintain group position in the order they're first encountered
+  const groupMap = new Map<string, Array<SelectableValue<string>>>();
+
+  for (const option of filteredOptions) {
+    const suffix = option.isByValue ? ' (by value)' : '';
+
+    const groupName = option.group;
+    const selectOption = {
+      value: option.id,
+      label: `${option.name}${suffix}`,
+      description: option.description,
+      component() {
+        return <FieldColorModeViz mode={option} theme={theme} />;
+      },
+    };
+
+    if (groupName) {
+      let group = groupMap.get(groupName);
+      if (!group) {
+        group = [];
+        groupMap.set(groupName, group);
+        options.push({ label: groupName, options: group });
+      }
+      group.push(selectOption);
+    } else {
+      options.push(selectOption);
+    }
+  }
 
   const onModeChange = (newMode: SelectableValue<string>) => {
     onChange({
diff --git a/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json b/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
index 1eb2c98e9ef..81d590746c5 100644
--- a/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
+++ b/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
@@ -8251,6 +8251,12 @@
         "nextNYears_other": "Next {{count}} years"
       }
     },
+    "field": {
+      "fieldColor": {
+        "accessibleGroup": "Accessible",
+        "otherGroup": "Others"
+      }
+    },
     "valueFormats": {
       "categories": {
         "acceleration": {