Move Beyond the Rainbow With These LED Color Tips

This article appeared in Make: Vol. 96. Subscribe to Make: for the latest articles. “I use either FastLED or Pixelblaze in my projects including my Fibonacci256 (above), and they both support color palettes. In fact I worked with Ben Hencke of ElectroMage to get color palettes added to Pixelblaze, although he definitely did all of the hard work. And all credit to the brilliant Mark Kriegsman and the late Dan Garcia who added excellent support for color palettes to FastLED.” —Jason Coon, Evil Genius Labs

RGB LED projects are full of rainbow animations — it’s the “hello world” of addressable pixel strips. But if you refine your palette you can create a far more impactful, more memorable effect. Here’s how to level up the hues on your LED projects.

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Fibonacci256 Expanding HDR by Evil