diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/datatable_visualization/components/dimension_editor.test.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/datatable_visualization/components/dimension_editor.test.tsx
index 49003af28f3f1b..3479a9e964d53e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/datatable_visualization/components/dimension_editor.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/datatable_visualization/components/dimension_editor.test.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import React from 'react';
 import { EuiButtonGroup, EuiComboBox, EuiFieldText } from '@elastic/eui';
-import { FramePublicAPI, VisualizationDimensionEditorProps } from '../../types';
+import { FramePublicAPI, Operation, VisualizationDimensionEditorProps } from '../../types';
 import { DatatableVisualizationState } from '../visualization';
 import { createMockDatasource, createMockFramePublicAPI } from '../../editor_frame_service/mocks';
 import { mountWithIntl } from '@kbn/test/jest';
@@ -213,6 +213,22 @@ describe('data table dimension editor', () => {
     expect(instance.find(PalettePanelContainer).exists()).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it('should not show the dynamic coloring option for a bucketed operation', () => {
+    frame.activeData!.first.columns[0].meta.type = 'number';
+    frame.datasourceLayers.first.getOperationForColumnId = jest.fn(
+      () => ({ isBucketed: true } as Operation)
+    );
+    state.columns[0].colorMode = 'cell';
+    const instance = mountWithIntl(<TableDimensionEditor {...props} />);
+
+    expect(instance.find('[data-test-subj="lnsDatatable_dynamicColoring_groups"]').exists()).toBe(
+      false
+    );
+    expect(instance.find('[data-test-subj="lnsDatatable_dynamicColoring_palette"]').exists()).toBe(
+      false
+    );
+  });
+
   it('should show the summary field for non numeric columns', () => {
     const instance = mountWithIntl(<TableDimensionEditor {...props} />);
     expect(instance.find('[data-test-subj="lnsDatatable_summaryrow_function"]').exists()).toBe(
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/datatable_visualization/components/dimension_editor.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/datatable_visualization/components/dimension_editor.tsx
index 6c39a04ae1504c..cf15df07ec72ca 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/datatable_visualization/components/dimension_editor.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/datatable_visualization/components/dimension_editor.tsx
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ export function TableDimensionEditor(
     currentData
   );
 
+  const datasource = frame.datasourceLayers[state.layerId];
+  const showDynamicColoringFeature = Boolean(
+    isNumeric && !datasource?.getOperationForColumnId(accessor)?.isBucketed
+  );
+
   const visibleColumnsCount = state.columns.filter((c) => !c.hidden).length;
 
   const hasTransposedColumn = state.columns.some(({ isTransposed }) => isTransposed);
@@ -260,7 +265,7 @@ export function TableDimensionEditor(
           )}
         </>
       )}
-      {isNumeric && (
+      {showDynamicColoringFeature && (
         <>
           <EuiFormRow
             display="columnCompressed"