# Hue / Colors are "wrong" **URL:** \ **Category:** Issues\ **Created:** [December 21, 2023, 9:12am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/hue-colors-are-wrong/10433 "2023-12-21T09:12:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![el0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e5b9ba/32.png) [@el0](https://wled.discourse.group/u/el0)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 9:12am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/hue-colors-are-wrong/10433/1 "2023-12-21T09:12:00Z")
# ALITOVE WS2811 5 V LED Pixels # ESP-32S NodeMCU (Wroom32-Chip) Power supply is connected to the controller and LEDs and I’m using GPIO16 for data connection. I have no resistor/diode/capacitor added it’s all directly connected. The LEDs power on but everything seems to be wrong. for example: LEDs that should be black/off are showing as green. I only rarely get the color I select as solid color for all LEDs. (Red is blue and yellow displays as almost white). The weirdest part is that changing the hue also changes the color - e.g. going from red to blue. - I have tried every possible color order combination (WS281X). Some are better than other but no combination really works. Is there anything I can do to fix that ? ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://wled.discourse.group/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/hue-colors-are-wrong/10433/2 "2023-12-21T20:09:34Z")
Did you try changing the RGB color order in LED Preferences? ---
**Author:** ![Artacus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/artacus/32/1258_2.png) [@Artacus](https://wled.discourse.group/u/Artacus)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/hue-colors-are-wrong/10433/3 "2023-12-21T20:48:54Z")
That was my thought too. But they said “I have tried every possible color order combination”. So I’m out of good ideas. If they went through all color order options, most other causes would not be displaying solid colors with no flashing. Having the automatic brightness limiter on with a value too low for the number of LEDs could drop the brightness to a level it couldn’t faithfully reproduce colors. El0, can you plug these lights into a different controller? Maybe an actual controller with level shifter. ---
**Author:** ![el0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e5b9ba/32.png) [@el0](https://wled.discourse.group/u/el0)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/hue-colors-are-wrong/10433/4 "2023-12-21T22:21:30Z")
I resolved the issue by selecting following options: Use Gamma correction for color: (strongly recommended) = Off Use Gamma correction for brightness: (not recommended) = On Now all colors / effects are working Thanks for the suggestions, I had already tried a different controller but got the same results. ---
**Author:** ![divsys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@divsys](https://wled.discourse.group/u/divsys)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/hue-colors-are-wrong/10433/5 "2023-12-22T02:48:39Z")
What version, where did you get and how did you load WLED? ---
**Author:** ![el0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e5b9ba/32.png) [@el0](https://wled.discourse.group/u/el0)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 10:11am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/hue-colors-are-wrong/10433/6 "2023-12-22T10:11:30Z")
the latest version from [https://install.wled.me/](https://install.wled.me/) (0.14.0) ---
**Author:** ![blazoncek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/blazoncek/32/1886_2.png) [@blazoncek](https://wled.discourse.group/u/blazoncek)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 10:38am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/hue-colors-are-wrong/10433/7 "2023-12-22T10:38:21Z")
That does not change color order just applies non-linear brightness curve. ---
**Author:** ![el0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e5b9ba/32.png) [@el0](https://wled.discourse.group/u/el0)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 6:55pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/hue-colors-are-wrong/10433/8 "2023-12-22T18:55:26Z")
I can’t explain what is happening here - I just played around with the settings. I changed those options last, because it explicitly recommends to set it exactly the other way around. With the settings on default no RGB order was working - after changing the options there was a RGB order that was fitting. As explained in the first post I also had different colors when changing the brightness. The color went from e.g. red to blue when only changing the brightness … ---
**Author:** ![divsys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@divsys](https://wled.discourse.group/u/divsys)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/hue-colors-are-wrong/10433/9 "2023-12-22T19:16:52Z")
If you’re just using the standard WS281x protocol, that doesn’t sound typical at all. Now that you know the correct colour combo, might be worth a full wipe and reflash. You could try the alternate install site: [WLED-Github install](https://wled-install.github.io/) just to use a different path than last time. ---
**Author:** ![el0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e5b9ba/32.png) [@el0](https://wled.discourse.group/u/el0)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 9:07pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/hue-colors-are-wrong/10433/10 "2023-12-22T21:07:38Z")
i have ordered 2 more of those lights to see if there is something wrong with the one I have … lets see