How to Use Color Changing LED Strip Lights

Why is the LED light strip stuck on one color？

If your LED strips are stuck on one color when you change colors, it’s probably because you have been pressing the same color button, which reaches peak value. Try using the reverse button to adjust it higher or lower. If still to no avail, check the contact of your pins and reconnect. Poor pin contact may hinder the strips from lighting up completely. In addition, the remote control may malfunction, and you can replace the battery. Rarely the connector pin may be faulty, and we should therefore install it carefully without too much effort to avoid pin breakage that leads to strip lights malfunction.

Part 1. How to Make DIY Colors on LED Strip Lights

LED strip lights can be divided by color into single-color and multi-color types, the latter of which includes RGB and dreamcolor strip lights. RGB strips refer to the fact that each piece of LED lights on the strip consists of red, green, and blue chips that can give off red, green, or blue lights on their own, or glow whatever color you want when two or three chips combine. Lepro MagicColor light strips place IC chips to beads of the RGB type, where each IC chip matches a pixel point. By adjusting the color or brightness of each pixel point, it can achieve rich animation effects like horse-running, watercourse, the tail of a shooting star, scanning, etc. Comparatively, RGB strips show the same color at each moment and can’t accomplish effects like water-running or horse-racing.

How to Make a DIY Color on LED Lights Strip

Generally, though different brands may have slightly different remote controls, the overall buttons are the same. Here we take the remote control of Lepro RGB LED strip lights as an example to describe how to do DIY on LED lights. After installing the LED strip lights, take out the remote and turn it on. You can see 20 preset colors on static mode and choose one for your LED strip lights.

On the DIY mode button areas, press the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the intensity of the red, green, and blue base colors and show richer colors.

How to Make Peach Color on LED Strip Lights

If you want to show a peach-like color on your lights, first press “DIY1”.

Then press the adjustment button. Press red to increase it by 7 seconds, green to decrease it by 2 seconds, and blue to decrease it by 2 seconds. This will easily show peach color.

After this, press “DIY1” again for the remote to auto-save your color adjustment under “DIY1” mode.

Isn’t is easy? If you want more colors, use these steps and try many times.

In addition, if you purchased a smart RGB strip, it’s even easier to DIY LED light colors . Open the Lepro LampUX app. Whether you want sweet peach color or romantic lavender color, the stock palette can give you the color you want at a click, so that you can switch room style and atmosphere at will.

Part 2. Best Multi Color LED Strip Lights

Because it can display many different colors and atmospheres, the Lepro RGB LED strip lights are a favorite among many. Meanwhile, dreamcolor strips are also popular. After you select the florescence mode, it shows different colors rolling by with different effects on the same strip. Generally, dreamcolor strips are more used in bars, KTVs, stages, etc. A home party can also use them. But as background lights for makeup mirrors or around the bed, RGB strips are enough.

Whether RGB or dreamcolor strips, they are both brilliant at building atmospheres. Your choice depends on personal, practical needs. Read more here to learn more about LED lights strip.

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