Currently, the Wyze color bulbs use a friendly but imprecise cursor on a color wheel to select a color. Similarly, they use an imprecise cursor to select color temperature.
I would like the option to set a specific color through hex codes, HSV, or RGB values so that I can, for example, color match my favorite college football team (Clemson Orange, #F56600 and Purple, #522D80). This would be an easy, optional text input that could be placed right below the color wheel within the app. I suspect very little additional logic would need to be written.
On a more practical note, I have standard LED bulbs ranging from 2700K, 3000K, to 5000K throughout my house. Iād like to specify the precise color temperature within the Wyze app for my new bulbs, in order to match what currently exists within the room.
I could guess one reason Wyze may hesitate to do this is that they may not guarantee the bulb is well calibrated to precise inputs. I get that, really, but Iād bet a precise text input would still be more accurate than my fat finger on a color wheel.
I would like to make sure the Color Bulbs are set to the same color when setting them up via Rules or by simply turning them on and setting the color. Being able to enter the Hex Code would help out as we can then match colors among multiple bulbs.
The other option is to display the Hex Value as you move around the color wheel so that when you set the color of another bulb you can find the same Hex Value.
I bought this bulb so I could set a specific white K value and you canāt. The app either needs to tell you what K value it is as you go around the white wheel or be able to enter a specific value like 5000K.
So, the features āexist,ā but Wyze developers have not made a front-end in the app to enable this sort of thing. It would take 1-2 days of development time, so I have no idea why they donāt add an option to do this through the app.
Iāve seen that my phoneās Alexa app complementsākind ofāBulb Colorās color choices. Alexa shows 15 available colors (Red, Crimson, Salmon, Orange, Gold, Yellow, Green, Turquoise, Cyan, Sky blue, Blue, Purple, Magenta, Pink, and Lavender) and 5 available color temps (Warm white, Soft white, White, Daylight white, and Cool white). Iāve tried other color names, too (Kelvin tempsānope). Iāve found that some ārandomā color names work, some donāt; itās pretty much āhit-and-miss.ā (For example, try, āAlexa, make Ceiling Bulb color (or whatever you named your bulb) Tomato.ā Or Indigo. Or even, Chartreuse.) That leads me to believe ā16 million colorsā may be more likeā¦ohā¦~256? Also, because of the way we select colors on the āwheelā (that not-very-accurate ājerkyā look), there may be a limited number of āzonesā on the wheel (depending where we stop our finger). That may be another reason ā16 million colorsā may not be practical. Orā¦it could be as simple as, āProgramming 16 million RGB/hex codes/whatever would be way too much data entry!!ā (As a former data entry operator, I could definitely understand thatā¦ )
Not sure if I should add to the existing Wishlist item, or create a new wishlist item, so, Iāll start here.
When Creating a rule to turn on a color light bulb to a specific color when my doorbell detects a person, I select a ārandom colorā as best as my finger can tap on:
all is well here, I have a red dot giving me a visual of the color
Then, back a screen, and I have 0xff0101 instead of the red ādotā representing the actual color. (I agree that BOTH the color and the Hex number should be available together, not one, or the other.)
I have four Wyze Color Bulbs in a Ceiling fan, that Iām using the the four bulbs to trigger on for 45 seconds when they detect a person. Each light represents a side of the house.
Those same four Wyze Color Bulbs trigger to Green when they detect a āPetā (wildlife).
With the challenge of matching colors from one rule to another, his needs to be easier than the āSloppyā way it is currently implemented.
Created a forum account to specifically request this feature. Mismatching bulbs in my room drive me nuts. I donāt care about the accuracy of the hex codes to the true colors so long as I can set them and group them so one isnāt slightly off the other.
Completely agree with you that the current method is sloppyā¦ weāve been asking for this improvement for a long time. Iād have thought it would be an easy fix.
Direct Kelvin values are a mustā¦ even with a field that pops up right in the middle of the wheel where the value setting already lives.
I get the desire for a unified interface amongst the various bulbs. However, the current wheel is very cumbersome & impreciseā¦ particularly for non-color bulbs. At least the former sliders were less jumpy when removing fingertips since they could only travel a single directional plane.
Considering the screen size of most phones - relative to fingers - hobbits, toddlers, and others with tiny digits would likely find the current input method clumsy as well.
so if you have your bulbs to white in your living roomā¦and you have a rule to turn to red if front yard camera spots a personā¦they turn to 50% red for 3 minutesā¦how do you get them to go back to the previous setting if your actually in the living room playing cards? i have them to turn off after 3 minutes but i want them to go back to the way they wereā¦either off bc itās at night or what they are/were bc iām actually in the living room doing somethingā¦please advise.
This is just a guess (I donāt have a Wyze Cam), but maybe you could include BLINK RED FOR 3 MINUTES in your Rule? So that when the blinking stops, the light should return to its original color, white. One problemāthe āTriggerā (the time at which the light is turned on)āmight be programmed by making the Rule active 24/7/365. In other words, program the Trigger where you could turn the light on at anytime between say, 12AM and 12PM, 7 days a week. (That way, any time you turn the white light on, the Rule would activate.) I hope that worksā¦might be worth a try.
Here are the settings I tried on my own Bulb Color, but youād obviously have to include your Wyze Cam in there somewhereā¦
Enable: On Name (Optional): WHEN
Light Turns on (use the device name you gave to your Bulb Color) ACTIONS
Action
Light Color Blink ff0000
Light Turn on for 3 minutes IF
Time: On
Only run the actions if the trigger occurs between Start Time 12:00 AM End Time 12:00 PM REPEATS
S M T W T F S (select all the days)
Just installed first two bulbs. Downloaded app, and was disappointed that a precise color could not be set. It seems like it would be an easy thing to add RGB and/or hex color codes. There are times when a finger wheel is fine, but if Iām trying to match a certain sports team, the lack of precision seems odd. I see now this has been an issue for others. Please add this to the app. Thanks!
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