diff --git a/src/__tests__/elementDate.js b/src/__tests__/elementDate.js
index 7656242..eb449f9 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/elementDate.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/elementDate.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ describe(validatorKey, () => {
   const validator = {[validatorKey]: true}
   const successConfig = {type: 'input', inputType: validatorKey, validator, value: "2016-08-05", error: false}
   const failureConfig = {type: 'input', inputType: validatorKey, validator, value: "fail", error: true}
-  const initialConfig = {type: 'input', inputType: validatorKey, validator, value: "", error: true}
+  const initialConfig = {type: 'input', inputType: validatorKey, validator, value: "", error: false}
   describe(`<input type=${validatorKey} />"`, () => {
     controlIntialStateTest(initialConfig)
     controlOnChangeTest(failureConfig)
diff --git a/src/__tests__/elementEmail.js b/src/__tests__/elementEmail.js
index f7df9a6..c2bd9be 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/elementEmail.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/elementEmail.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { controlOnChangeTest, controlIntialStateTest } from '../testTemplates'
 describe('email', () => {
   const validator = {email: true}
   const successConfig = {type: 'input', inputType: 'email', validator, value: "a@ab.com", error: false}
-  const failureConfig = {type: 'input', inputType: 'email', validator, value: "", error: true}
+  const failureConfig = {type: 'input', inputType: 'email', validator, value: "", error: false}
   describe(`<input type="email" />"`, () => {
     controlIntialStateTest(failureConfig)
     controlOnChangeTest(failureConfig)
diff --git a/src/__tests__/elementMinLenght.js b/src/__tests__/elementMinLenght.js
index 4a1ebed..7d4e119 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/elementMinLenght.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/elementMinLenght.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ describe('minLength', () => {
   .forEach(inputType => {
     describe(`<input type="${inputType}" minLength=3 />"`, () => {
       const successConfig = {type: 'input', inputType: inputType, validator, value: "okk", error: false}
-      const failureConfig = {type: 'input', inputType: inputType, validator, value: "", error: true}
+      const failureConfig = {type: 'input', inputType: inputType, validator, value: "", error: false}
       controlIntialStateTest(failureConfig)
       controlOnChangeTest(failureConfig)
       controlOnChangeTest(successConfig)
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ describe('minLength', () => {
 
   describe(`<textarea minLength=3 />"`, () => {
     const successConfig = {type: 'textarea', validator, value: "okk", error: false}
-    const failureConfig = {type: 'textarea', validator, value: "", error: true}
+    const failureConfig = {type: 'textarea', validator, value: "", error: false}
     controlIntialStateTest(failureConfig)
     controlOnChangeTest(failureConfig)
     controlOnChangeTest(successConfig)
diff --git a/src/__tests__/elementNumber.js b/src/__tests__/elementNumber.js
index 5374c96..ae7aac3 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/elementNumber.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/elementNumber.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ describe(validatorKey, () => {
   const validator = {[validatorKey]: true}
   const successConfig = {type: 'input', inputType: validatorKey, validator, value: 10, error: false}
   const failureConfig = {type: 'input', inputType: validatorKey, validator, value: "fail", error: true}
-  const initialConfig = {type: 'input', inputType: validatorKey, validator, value: "", error: true}
+  const initialConfig = {type: 'input', inputType: validatorKey, validator, value: "", error: false}
   describe(`<input type=${validatorKey} />"`, () => {
     controlIntialStateTest(initialConfig)
     controlOnChangeTest(failureConfig)
diff --git a/src/__tests__/elementPattern.js b/src/__tests__/elementPattern.js
index aeb579a..df9f5bf 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/elementPattern.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/elementPattern.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ describe('pattern', () => {
   .forEach(inputType => {
     describe(`<input type="${inputType}" pattern="apple|banana" />"`, () => {
       const successConfig = {type: 'input', inputType: inputType, validator, value: "banana", error: false}
-      const failureConfig = {type: 'input', inputType: inputType, validator, value: "", error: true}
+      const failureConfig = {type: 'input', inputType: inputType, validator, value: "", error: false}
       controlIntialStateTest(failureConfig)
       controlOnChangeTest(successConfig)
       controlOnChangeTest(failureConfig)
diff --git a/src/__tests__/elementRange.js b/src/__tests__/elementRange.js
index 43265f2..f544906 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/elementRange.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/elementRange.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ describe(validatorKey, () => {
   const validator = {[validatorKey]: true}
   const successConfig = {type: 'input', inputType: validatorKey, validator, value: 10, error: false}
   const failureConfig = {type: 'input', inputType: validatorKey, validator, value: "fail", error: true}
-  const initialConfig = {type: 'input', inputType: validatorKey, validator, value: "", error: true}
+  const initialConfig = {type: 'input', inputType: validatorKey, validator, value: "", error: false}
   describe(`<input type=${validatorKey} />"`, () => {
     controlIntialStateTest(initialConfig)
     controlOnChangeTest(failureConfig)
diff --git a/src/__tests__/elementUrl.js b/src/__tests__/elementUrl.js
index 3e12a39..4e9d5d3 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/elementUrl.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/elementUrl.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { controlOnChangeTest, controlIntialStateTest } from '../testTemplates'
 describe('url', () => {
   const validator = {url: true}
   const successConfig = {type: 'input', inputType: 'url', validator, value: "www.google.com", error: false}
-  const failureConfig = {type: 'input', inputType: 'url', validator, value: "", error: true}
+  const failureConfig = {type: 'input', inputType: 'url', validator, value: "", error: false}
   describe(`<input type="url" />"`, () => {
     controlIntialStateTest(failureConfig)
     controlOnChangeTest(failureConfig)
diff --git a/src/__tests__/submit.js b/src/__tests__/submit.js
index 2123fcd..8049831 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/submit.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/submit.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ describe('reform onSubmit', () => {
       const errorMap = form.getErrorMap();
       expect(errorMap[name1].required).toBe(true);
       expect(errorMap[name2].required).toBe(true);
-      expect(errorMap[name2].email).toBe(true);
+      expect(errorMap[name2].email).toBe(false);
     });
 
     it('should be invalid when all the controls are invalid', () => {
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ describe('reform onSubmit', () => {
       const errorMap = form.getErrorMap();
       expect(errorMap[name1].required).toBe(false);
       expect(errorMap[name2].required).toBe(true);
-      expect(errorMap[name2].email).toBe(true);
+      expect(errorMap[name2].email).toBe(false);
     })
 
     it('should be invalid when some controls are invalid', () => {
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ describe('reform submit mechanisms', () => {
       const errorMap = form.getErrorMap();
       expect(errorMap[name1].required).toBe(true);
       expect(errorMap[name2].required).toBe(true);
-      expect(errorMap[name2].email).toBe(true);
+      expect(errorMap[name2].email).toBe(false);
     });
 
     it('should be invalid when all the controls are invalid', () => {
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ describe('reform submit mechanisms', () => {
       const errorMap = form.getErrorMap();
       expect(errorMap[name1].required).toBe(true);
       expect(errorMap[name2].required).toBe(true);
-      expect(errorMap[name2].email).toBe(true);
+      expect(errorMap[name2].email).toBe(false);
     });
 
     it('should be invalid when all the controls are invalid', () => {
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ describe('reform submit mechanisms', () => {
       const errorMap = form.getErrorMap();
       expect(errorMap[name1].required).toBe(true);
       expect(errorMap[name2].required).toBe(true);
-      expect(errorMap[name2].email).toBe(true);
+      expect(errorMap[name2].email).toBe(false);
     });
 
     it('should be invalid when all the controls are invalid', () => {
diff --git a/src/officialValidators/color.js b/src/officialValidators/color.js
index 961d2c1..d558de8 100644
--- a/src/officialValidators/color.js
+++ b/src/officialValidators/color.js
@@ -2,5 +2,10 @@
 // Example "#c82f13"
 const re = /^#[0-9A-F]{6}$/;
 export default function colorValidator(control) {
+  // Special case for empty values. This is the job of the `required` validator
+  if (!control.value) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   return !re.test(control.value)
 }
diff --git a/src/officialValidators/date.js b/src/officialValidators/date.js
index 76bf871..b50970e 100644
--- a/src/officialValidators/date.js
+++ b/src/officialValidators/date.js
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 // Official docs https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/infrastructure.html#valid-date-string
 
 export default function dateValidator(control) {
+  // Special case for empty values. This is the job of the `required` validator
+  if (!control.value) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   const date = Date.parse(control.value);
   return Number.isNaN(date);
 }
diff --git a/src/officialValidators/datetime-local.js b/src/officialValidators/datetime-local.js
index e814c66..652ba6c 100644
--- a/src/officialValidators/datetime-local.js
+++ b/src/officialValidators/datetime-local.js
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 // Example "2016-08-10T11:01"
 export default function datetimeValidator(control) {
+  // Special case for empty values. This is the job of the `required` validator
+  if (!control.value) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   const date = Date.parse(control.value)
   return Number.isNaN(date)
 }
diff --git a/src/officialValidators/email.js b/src/officialValidators/email.js
index d890d35..011ecb8 100644
--- a/src/officialValidators/email.js
+++ b/src/officialValidators/email.js
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 
 export default function emailValidator(control) {
+  // Special case for empty values. This is the job of the `required` validator
+  if (!control.value) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   return !/.+@.+\..+/.test(control.value)
 }
diff --git a/src/officialValidators/minLength.js b/src/officialValidators/minLength.js
index 707d322..92877cc 100644
--- a/src/officialValidators/minLength.js
+++ b/src/officialValidators/minLength.js
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ export const supportedInputTypes = [
 ]
 
 export default function minLengthValidator(control) {
+  // Special case for empty values. This is the job of the `required` validator
+  if (!control.value) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   const condition =
     control.isInputType(supportedInputTypes) ||
     control.isFunctionType() ||
diff --git a/src/officialValidators/month.js b/src/officialValidators/month.js
index 25377ff..8386b28 100644
--- a/src/officialValidators/month.js
+++ b/src/officialValidators/month.js
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 import { parseMonth } from '../utils';
 
 export default function monthValidator(control) {
+  // Special case for empty values. This is the job of the `required` validator
+  if (!control.value) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   const value = control.value
   const [ year, month ] = parseMonth(value)
 
diff --git a/src/officialValidators/number.js b/src/officialValidators/number.js
index 73e18b4..76384db 100644
--- a/src/officialValidators/number.js
+++ b/src/officialValidators/number.js
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 // Official docs https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/infrastructure.html
 
 export default function numberValidator(control) {
+  // Special case for empty values. This is the job of the `required` validator
+  if (!control.value) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   const value = parseFloat(control.value)
   return !Number.isFinite(value)
 }
diff --git a/src/officialValidators/pattern.js b/src/officialValidators/pattern.js
index 0a4245f..df08f0b 100644
--- a/src/officialValidators/pattern.js
+++ b/src/officialValidators/pattern.js
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ export const supportedInputTypes = ['text', 'search', 'url', 'tel', 'email', 'pa
 
 
 export default function patternValidator(control) {
+  // Special case for empty values. This is the job of the `required` validator
+  if (!control.value) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   const condition = control.isInputType(supportedInputTypes) || control.isFunctionType()
 
 
diff --git a/src/officialValidators/range.js b/src/officialValidators/range.js
index 32b2898..135b965 100644
--- a/src/officialValidators/range.js
+++ b/src/officialValidators/range.js
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 // Official docs https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/infrastructure.html
 
 export default function rangeValidator(control) {
+  // Special case for empty values. This is the job of the `required` validator
+  if (!control.value) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   const value = parseFloat(control.value)
   return !Number.isFinite(value)
 }
diff --git a/src/officialValidators/time.js b/src/officialValidators/time.js
index 4f89b54..ad713f2 100644
--- a/src/officialValidators/time.js
+++ b/src/officialValidators/time.js
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ const BASE_DATE = "1970-01-01"
 
 // Example "02:00"
 export default function timeValidator(control) {
+  // Special case for empty values. This is the job of the `required` validator
+  if (!control.value) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   const date = Date.parse(BASE_DATE + ' ' + control.value)
   return Number.isNaN(date)
 }
diff --git a/src/officialValidators/url.js b/src/officialValidators/url.js
index c0f23c8..de37b66 100644
--- a/src/officialValidators/url.js
+++ b/src/officialValidators/url.js
@@ -3,5 +3,10 @@
 const expression = /[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%_\+.~#?&//=]{2,256}\.[a-z]{2,4}\b(\/[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%_\+.~#?&//=]*)?/gi;
 const re = new RegExp(expression);
 export default function urlValidator(control) {
+  // Special case for empty values. This is the job of the `required` validator
+  if (!control.value) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   return !re.test(control.value)
 }
diff --git a/src/officialValidators/week.js b/src/officialValidators/week.js
index d18caa9..5451d85 100644
--- a/src/officialValidators/week.js
+++ b/src/officialValidators/week.js
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ import { parseWeek } from '../utils';
 // TODO: this needs to be improved since some years have 52 weeks
 const MAX_WEEK = 53
 export default function weekValidator(control) {
+  // Special case for empty values. This is the job of the `required` validator
+  if (!control.value) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   const value = control.value
   const [year, week] = parseWeek(value)