diff --git a/src/chart/sankey/SankeySeries.js b/src/chart/sankey/SankeySeries.js
index 167d845d42dc539d7ee4f32aded79fa062b05169..8759bddb58e893307bbb9b4ac5b95f2392aef12b 100644
--- a/src/chart/sankey/SankeySeries.js
+++ b/src/chart/sankey/SankeySeries.js
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ define(function (require) {
                 }
                 return html;
             }
+            else {
+                return SankeySeries.superCall(this, 'formatTooltip', dataIndex, multipleSeries);
+            }
             // dataType === 'node' or empty do not show tooltip by default.
         },
 
@@ -90,7 +93,7 @@ define(function (require) {
             itemStyle: {
                 normal: {
                     borderWidth: 1,
-                    borderColor: '#aaa'
+                    borderColor: '#333'
                 }
             },
 
@@ -105,12 +108,6 @@ define(function (require) {
                 }
             },
 
-
-            // colorEncoded node
-
-            color: ['#9e0142', '#d53e4f', '#f46d43', '#fdae61', '#fee08b','#ffffbf',
-                    '#e6f598', '#abdda4', '#66c2a5', '#3288bd', '#5e4fa2'],
-
             animationEasing: 'linear',
 
             animationDuration: 1000
diff --git a/src/chart/sankey/SankeyView.js b/src/chart/sankey/SankeyView.js
index eda14448a44d8f9ed89b8ed0a549e44db1f25dde..9e73dd3a46a29dde3b502d3f7d1e4d098740a8f6 100644
--- a/src/chart/sankey/SankeyView.js
+++ b/src/chart/sankey/SankeyView.js
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ define(function (require) {
             var graph = seriesModel.getGraph();
             var group = this.group;
             var layoutInfo = seriesModel.layoutInfo;
+            var nodeData = seriesModel.getData();
+            var edgeData = seriesModel.getData('edge');
 
             this._model = seriesModel;
 
@@ -99,11 +101,11 @@ define(function (require) {
                     }
                 ));
 
-                rect.dataIndex = node.dataIndex;
-                rect.seriesIndex = seriesModel.seriesIndex;
-                rect.dataType = 'node';
-
                 group.add(rect);
+
+                nodeData.setItemGraphicEl(node.dataIndex, rect);
+
+                rect.dataType = 'node';
             });
 
             // generate a bezire Curve for each edge
@@ -147,6 +149,7 @@ define(function (require) {
 
                 group.add(curve);
 
+                edgeData.setItemGraphicEl(edge.dataIndex, curve);
             });
             if (!this._data && seriesModel.get('animation')) {
                 group.setClipPath(createGridClipShape(group.getBoundingRect(), seriesModel, function () {
diff --git a/src/chart/sankey/sankeyVisual.js b/src/chart/sankey/sankeyVisual.js
index dd3ed575873d9a098db8fd9d8d0dd2ef1a546207..42c503da7596d376610a35680ce49463d48849e3 100644
--- a/src/chart/sankey/sankeyVisual.js
+++ b/src/chart/sankey/sankeyVisual.js
@@ -24,8 +24,14 @@ define(function (require) {
 
                 var mapValueToColor = mapping.mapValueToVisual(node.getLayout().value);
                 node.setVisual('color', mapValueToColor);
+                // If set itemStyle.normal.color
+                var itemModel = node.getModel();
+                var customColor = itemModel.get('itemStyle.normal.color');
+                if (customColor != null) {
+                    node.setVisual('color', customColor);
+                }
             });
 
-        }) ;   
-    };  
+        }) ;
+    };
 });
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