Adafruit NeoPixel won't output a solid color

[Teeland]

I got an [Adafruit NeoPixel Ring 16x RGBW cool] and i am trying to make an ironman arc reactor but i can't get the neo pixel to show a consistent color keep in mind i just got this thing and still have no clue how to code it but with the example sketches i can't get a real color it's just Red Green Blue but Green is mostly white the only color tha does work is white I want to have just a solid blue nothing else but i don't know what to do.

[DVDdoug]

Just a wild guess but make sure you're using the library for RGBW and not the RGB library.

[PaulRB]

@Teeland

i don't know what to do

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[Idahowalker]

You could post the code you are using in code tags, post an image of your project all wired up and you could post a schematic.

Also, could you be a bit clearer on what issue you are having with the NeoPixel thingy?

Solid blue would be 0,255,0 sent to all the connected neopixels.

leds.setPixelColor(position, leds.Color( 0, 0, 255));

Would set the neos to blue.

[Paul_B]

@Idahowalker

leds.setPixelColor(position, leds.Color( 0, 0, 255));

Would set the neos to blue.

Unless they were RGBW of course.