diff --git a/lib/core/form/components/widgets/checkbox/checkbox.widget.html b/lib/core/form/components/widgets/checkbox/checkbox.widget.html
index 0705bda422..4c80eef031 100644
--- a/lib/core/form/components/widgets/checkbox/checkbox.widget.html
+++ b/lib/core/form/components/widgets/checkbox/checkbox.widget.html
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-<div [ngClass]="field.className">
+<div [ngClass]="field.className"
+     [class.adf-invalid]="!field.isValid">
     <mat-checkbox
         [id]="field.id"
         color="primary"
diff --git a/lib/core/form/components/widgets/checkbox/checkbox.widget.spec.ts b/lib/core/form/components/widgets/checkbox/checkbox.widget.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05900920e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/core/form/components/widgets/checkbox/checkbox.widget.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*!
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2019 Alfresco Software, Ltd.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { ComponentFixture, TestBed, async } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { FormFieldTypes } from '../core/form-field-types';
+import { FormFieldModel } from '../core/form-field.model';
+import { FormModel } from '../core/form.model';
+import { CheckboxWidgetComponent } from './checkbox.widget';
+import { setupTestBed } from '../../../../testing/setupTestBed';
+import { FormBaseModule } from 'core/form/form-base.module';
+import { NoopAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
+import { TranslateService, TranslateStore, TranslateLoader } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { TranslateLoaderService } from 'core/services';
+
+describe('CheckboxWidgetComponent', () => {
+
+    let widget: CheckboxWidgetComponent;
+    let fixture: ComponentFixture<CheckboxWidgetComponent>;
+    let element: HTMLElement;
+
+    setupTestBed({
+        imports: [
+            NoopAnimationsModule,
+            FormBaseModule
+        ],
+        providers: [
+            TranslateStore,
+            TranslateService,
+            { provide: TranslateLoader, useClass: TranslateLoaderService }
+        ]
+    });
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        fixture = TestBed.createComponent(CheckboxWidgetComponent);
+
+        widget = fixture.componentInstance;
+        element = fixture.nativeElement;
+    });
+
+    describe('when template is ready', () => {
+
+        beforeEach(() => {
+            widget.field = new FormFieldModel(new FormModel({taskId: 'fake-task-id'}), {
+                id: 'check-id',
+                name: 'check-name',
+                value: '',
+                type: FormFieldTypes.BOOLEAN,
+                readOnly: false,
+                required: true
+            });
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+        });
+
+        it('should be marked as invalid when required', async(() => {
+            fixture.whenStable().then(() => {
+                expect(element.querySelector('.adf-invalid')).not.toBeNull();
+            });
+        }));
+
+    });
+});
diff --git a/lib/core/form/components/widgets/form.scss b/lib/core/form/components/widgets/form.scss
index 2b83e150d5..70692a4726 100644
--- a/lib/core/form/components/widgets/form.scss
+++ b/lib/core/form/components/widgets/form.scss
@@ -43,6 +43,24 @@
                 background-color: #f44336 !important;
             }
 
+            .mat-checkbox {
+                color: mat-color($warn);
+                .mat-checkbox-frame {
+                    border-color: mat-color($warn);
+                }
+            }
+
+            .mat-select {
+
+                &-value {
+                    color: mat-color($warn);
+                }
+                &-arrow {
+                    color: mat-color($warn);
+                }
+
+            }
+
             .adf-file {
                 border-color: mat-color($warn);
             }