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Why is the color temperature range of RGB lights limited? (feddit.org)

submitted 4 days ago by marius@feddit.org to c/smarthomes@feddit.uk

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For example I have some last gen hue lights 1100 lm. Their color temp goes from 2000 - 6500 K. Why is that? I mean the are RGB, they can do pure blue and pure red, so they should be able to do any temperature, no?

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[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago

They have 5 LEDs inside. R, G, B, 2000K white and 6500K white. You can only get a mix of these.

If you use the RGBW instead of only the whites you'll be able to get a much wider range of colors.