Personalization Change Dynamic Lighting Color and Effects in Windows 11

Brink · Oct 15, 2023

This tutorial will show you how to choose color themes and effects for Dynamic Lighting devices for your account in Windows 11.

If you have Dynamic Lighting-compatible devices (such as LED-lit keyboards, mice, case lighting, or other devices), you can control them both individually or as a group through Windows Settings.

When connected, compatible devices will show up as cards along the top of the page. Select these cards to change individual device settings. Below these cards you can find global Dynamic Lighting settings, where changes affect all connected devices.

You can select colors and effects for your Dynamic Lighting devices.

References:

Control your Dynamic Lighting devices in Windows - Microsoft Support

An explanation about how the Dynamic Lighting control feature works in Windows.

support.microsoft.com

Dynamic lighting - UWP applications

This topic describes how to control device lamp arrays using the Windows.Devices.Lights namespace.

learn.microsoft.com

Contents

Option One: Select and Change Dynamic Lighting Color and Effects in Settings
Option Two: Select Dynamic Lighting Color and Effects using REG file

Option One

Select and Change Dynamic Lighting Color and Effects in Settings

1 Open Settings (WIn+I).

2 Click/tap on Personalization on the left side, and click/tap on Dynamic Lighting on the right side. (see screenshot below)

Open Personalization settings

2 Do step 3 (Solid Color), step 4 (Breathing), step 5 (Rainbow), step 6 (Wave), step 7 (Wheel), or step 8 (Gradient) below for the effects you want.

3. Select and Change "Solid Color" Effects for Dynamic Lighting Devices

This is the default setting

A) Click/tap on Effects to expand it open. (see screenshots below)

B) Select Solid Color in the Effects drop menu.

C) Turn On (default) or Off Match my Windows accent color for what you want.

This settings is saved to the UseSystemAccentColor DWORD in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Lighting

0 = Off
1 = On

D) If you turned off Match my Windows accent color, then select a Main color you want.

You can click/tap on the Select button for Custom colors.

The Main color setting is saved to the Color DWORD in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Lighting

E) Go to step 9 below.

4. Select and Change "Breathing" Effects for Dynamic Lighting Devices

A) Click/tap on Effects to expand it open. (see screenshots below)

B) Select Breathing in the Effects drop menu.

C) Adjust the Effect speed slider to the level you want.

This settings is saved to the Speed DWORD in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Lighting

1 to 10 (Decimal)

D) Turn On (default) or Off Match my Windows accent color for what you want.

This settings is saved to the UseSystemAccentColor DWORD in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Lighting

0 = Off
1 = On

E) If you turned off Match my Windows accent color, then select a Main color you want.

You can click/tap on the Select button for Custom colors.

The Main color setting is saved to the Color DWORD in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Lighting

F) Go to step 9 below.

5. Select and Change "Rainbow" Effects for Dynamic Lighting Devices

A) Click/tap on Effects to expand it open. (see screenshot below)

B) Select Rainbow in the Effects drop menu.

C) Adjust the Effect speed slider to the level you want.

This settings is saved to the Speed DWORD in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Lighting

1 to 10 (Decimal)

D) Select Forward (default) or Reverse in the Direction drop menu for what you want.

This settings is saved to the EffectMode DWORD in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Lighting

0 = Forward
1 = Reverse

E) Go to step 9 below.

6. Select and Change "Wave" Effects for Dynamic Lighting Devices

A) Click/tap on Effects to expand it open. (see screenshots below)

B) Select Wave in the Effects drop menu.

C) Adjust the Effect speed slider to the level you want.

This settings is saved to the Speed DWORD in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Lighting

1 to 10 (Decimal)

D) Select Right (default), Left, Down, or Up in the Direction drop menu for what you want.

This settings is saved to the EffectMode DWORD in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Lighting

0 = Right
1 = Left
2 = Down
3 = Up

E) Turn On (default) or Off Match my Windows accent color for what you want.

This settings is saved to the UseSystemAccentColor DWORD in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Lighting

0 = Off
1 = On

F) If you turned off Match my Windows accent color, then select a Main color you want.

You can click/tap on the Select button for Custom colors.

The Main color setting is saved to the Color DWORD in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Lighting

G) If you turned off Match my Windows accent color, then select a Second color you want.

You can click/tap on the Select button for Custom colors.

The Second color setting is saved to the Color2 DWORD in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Lighting

H) Go to step 9 below.

7. Select and Change "Wheel" Effects for Dynamic Lighting Devices

A) Click/tap on Effects to expand it open. (see screenshots below)

B) Select Wheel in the Effects drop menu.

C) Adjust the Effect speed slider to the level you want.

This settings is saved to the Speed DWORD in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Lighting

1 to 10 (Decimal)

D) Select Clockwise (default) or Counterclockwise in the Direction drop menu for what you want.

This settings is saved to the EffectMode DWORD in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Lighting

0 = Clockwise
1 = Counterclockwise