diff --git a/esphome/components/graphical_layout/fixed_dimension_panel.cpp b/esphome/components/graphical_layout/fixed_dimension_panel.cpp
index ef564d2790..6f37d0c18a 100644
--- a/esphome/components/graphical_layout/fixed_dimension_panel.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/graphical_layout/fixed_dimension_panel.cpp
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ static const char *const TAG = "fixeddimensionpanel";
 void FixedDimensionPanel::dump_config(int indent_depth, int additional_level_depth) {
   this->dump_config_base_properties(TAG, indent_depth);
   if (this->width_.value() < 0) {
-    ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "%*sWidth: UNSET (Will use %s's width)", indent_depth, "", 
+    ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "%*sWidth: UNSET (Will use %s's width)", indent_depth, "",
                   this->unset_width_uses_display_width_ ? "DISPLAY" : "CHILD");
   } else {
     ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "%*sWidth: %i", indent_depth, "", this->width_.value());
   }
 
 if (this->height_.value() < 0) {
-    ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "%*sHeight: UNSET (Will use %s's height)", indent_depth, "", 
+    ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "%*sHeight: UNSET (Will use %s's height)", indent_depth, "",
                   this->unset_height_uses_display_height_ ? "DISPLAY" : "CHILD");
   } else {
     ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "%*sHeight: %i", indent_depth, "", this->height_.value());
diff --git a/esphome/components/graphical_layout/fixed_dimension_panel.h b/esphome/components/graphical_layout/fixed_dimension_panel.h
index e7221a58be..ed69e8e2b1 100644
--- a/esphome/components/graphical_layout/fixed_dimension_panel.h
+++ b/esphome/components/graphical_layout/fixed_dimension_panel.h
@@ -19,12 +19,8 @@ class FixedDimensionPanel : public LayoutItem {
   template<typename V> void set_width(V width) { this->width_ = width; };
   template<typename V> void set_height(V height) { this->height_ = height; }
 
-  void set_unset_width_uses_display_width(bool use_display) { 
-    this->unset_width_uses_display_width_ = use_display; 
-  }
-  void set_unset_height_uses_display_height(bool use_display) {
-    this->unset_height_uses_display_height_ = use_display;
-  }
+  void set_unset_width_uses_display_width(bool use_display) { this->unset_width_uses_display_width_ = use_display; }
+  void set_unset_height_uses_display_height(bool use_display) { this->unset_height_uses_display_height_ = use_display; }
 
  protected:
   LayoutItem *child_{nullptr};
diff --git a/esphome/components/graphical_layout/layout_item.h b/esphome/components/graphical_layout/layout_item.h
index 9274ba0b84..daec813682 100644
--- a/esphome/components/graphical_layout/layout_item.h
+++ b/esphome/components/graphical_layout/layout_item.h
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "esphome/core/color.h"
-#include "esphome/core/log.h"
 
 namespace esphome {
+struct LogString;
 namespace display {
 class Display;
 class Rect;
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class LayoutItem {
   virtual void dump_config(int indent_depth, int additional_level_depth) = 0;
 
   /** Dumps the base properties of the LayoutItem. Should be called by implementors dump_config()
-   * 
+   *
    * param[in] tag: Tag to pass to ESP_LOGCONFIG
    * param[in] indent_depth: Depth to indent the config
    */
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class LayoutItem {
   int margin_{0};
   int padding_{0};
   int border_{0};
-  Color border_color_{Color(0, 0, 0, 0)};
+  Color border_color_{Color::BLACK};
 };
 
 const LogString *horizontal_child_align_to_string(HorizontalChildAlign align);