Question RGB in my system all looks different

[Shizaho]

Hello everyone,

I've been wanting to actually control my RGB lately. Downloaded OpenRGB and played around with it. That made me notice the following:
Of my three different RGB "devices" in my system (GPU, RAM & AIO Cooling), each one looks different when I adjust the colors.

The hardware in question:
Arctic Liquid Freezer III 360
Corsair Vengeance Pro - DDR4-3600
ASUS ROG STRIX 3080 10G OC LHR
MSI B550 GAMING PLUS

Arctic Liquid Freezer is plugged into JRAINBOW2 header on the mainboard.

Example:
I set the color for each device to the exact same color, a light blue in this case.
The RAM displays it correctly.
The GPU looks more green-ish than blue.
The AIO cooling is more white than blue. (I noticed that with the AIO, the colors don't match in the first place. Making it green turns it orange, red turns purple/blue etc.)

Does anyone know what is going on here and what I can do to make the colors all look the same across the system? Is it because each device has its own different led lights so that none -can- actually look the same?

Thank you in advance!

 

[Colif]

have you tried using one program for all of it?

SignalRGB

Control and sync your RGB devices from one free application. SignalRGB is the only RGB software you'll ever need.

signalrgb.com

not sure it see GPU but will see rest
using mutiple programs could cause conflicts
I know my fans don't like any other rgb on here.

I have a similar mix, corsair ram, Arctic Cooler, and GPU that won't play with any software. I swapped the arctic fans just to make it more fun as now I have more rgb programs...

Are you using mystic light?
this might help with the colors - link

see if motherboard has an ARGB option in bios?
https://forum.signalrgb.com/t/arctic-freezer-iii-a-rgb-wrong-colours/1836

not sure if its not the JRAINBOW slot causing it.

You need mystic light extension

Mystic Light Extension is a feature of Mystic Light software which allows user to control colors and effects of partner’s product such as RGB LED Strips, RGB PC Fans or RGB PC Case via on-board JRGB / JRainbow / JCorsair pin header.

https://www.msi.com/Landing/mystic-...=A JRGB (4-Pin):,which shows in rainbow color.

 

[Shizaho]

have you tried using one program for all of it?

SignalRGB

Control and sync your RGB devices from one free application. SignalRGB is the only RGB software you'll ever need.

signalrgb.com

not sure it see GPU but will see rest
using mutiple programs could cause conflicts
I know my fans don't like any other rgb on here.

I have a similar mix, corsair ram, Arctic Cooler, and GPU that won't play with any software. I swapped the arctic fans just to make it more fun as now I have more rgb programs...

Are you using mystic light?
this might help with the colors - link

see if motherboard has an ARGB option in bios?
https://forum.signalrgb.com/t/arctic-freezer-iii-a-rgb-wrong-colours/1836

not sure if its not the JRAINBOW slot causing it.

You need mystic light extension


https://www.msi.com/Landing/mystic-light-rgb-gaming-pc/how-to#:~:text=A JRGB (4-Pin):,which shows in rainbow color.

Hey, thank you.

Apparently the JRAINBOW headers on my mainboard are ARGB. That's where the AIO is plugged into.
I'm also using OpenRGB to control the RGB, but I will give SignalRGB a try! Looks much more complicated though lol, so I will dive into that. Not using Mystic Light.

 

[Colif]

I tried signalrgb a while ago, reminds me I should remove it. It could be causing some of my other problems.
I need to reset all my rgb, my ram colors are all broken. Red looks pink. everything else is fine so I blame Corsair. Could be my MB software as well. but it can't even see my ram most times so shouldn't be it.

 

[Shizaho]

I tried signalrgb a while ago, reminds me I should remove it. It could be causing some of my other problems.
I need to reset all my rgb, my ram colors are all broken. Red looks pink. everything else is fine so I blame Corsair. Could be my MB software as well. but it can't even see my ram most times so shouldn't be it.

I suspect that in the case for my GPU, the rgb cover might be tinted in some way that it doesn't look right. Either that or it's broken.

For the AIO however, I'm really unsure what is causing the colors to not look right. I think it is all correctly plugged in. The fans are daisy chained by default so there wasn't a lot that I had to do. There is one male connector left in the chain that I don't really know what to do with - I suspect it's just a leftover?

 

[Colif]

No, I just found answer to the Pink. It was Icue. When you set it to red, it would change value to something other that R255. All I needed to do was set a value in the RGB field and it sticks to it... I wish I had know that ages ago. I decided to look for an answer
same happens to orange as well, and Blue.

where was the connector? I don't have a 3 but I don't think there should be extra connectors. The fans daisy chain to each other and connect to the longer cable that runs down the air tube to the Pump, and then you plug it into PWM and ARGB (JRAINBOW). I can't look at mine as its been changed. I only use one of the cables now, as otherwise radiator wouldn't work... at all.

Ever see these?
https://www.corsair.com/us/en/p/pc-...o-light-enhancement-kit-aca-a-black-cmwlekit2
its what half my ram is

removes the gaps

I don't think they all use the same LED so there can be variation between makers. Makes it hard to mix.
its also possible that the ARGB lights themselves don't display the right colours even if you put the same hex codes in. On my Ram, lime green looks like yellow but on my Lian LI, the same code is Green.
Another cause is having two different colours next to each other on Ram sticks, like I did above, can make one colour look different. My red above looks pink but that was caused by being next to blue. Changing it to lime green makes it look more like the other two, but still not as dark.
but the 2nd cause really only applies to me, not to an entire AIO appearing white

Only way to get my ram to look as dark red as the other two is to reduce their brightness to almost nothing. I did that on middle two sticks and made ram all red.

All AMD = All Red. Makes sense.