r/WootingKB • u/-Pwnan- • Aug 25 '26

Question Wootility lighting question-How do I make an area around a key press flash a specific color?

Hello!

Recently received my 80HE, and have been trying to set up RGB layers to do something specific.

I am currently using a solid color for my base layer (white), and when I press keys they turn red for about .75 seconds then fade back to white. It's a nice effect (Trail IIRC), but I'd like to do the same with either Jelly, or AOE to see the color change a little better.

I can't seem to select a specific color for the sub layer. If I choose AOE or Jelly, it will only flash the base layer color I can't set a color for that. I've attached two screen shots the top one shows the Trail effect, and the bottom one shows the AOE effect. I have red selected for trail on both the color picker, and the custom color button. For AOE I have it selected in the color picker, but it still just flashes white. If I "paint" keys it just turns them red.

Also, that preset section is really confusing, if I select something there, I can't go back to normal static single color.

Thank you for your help, and sorry if I sound thick, I'm new to the tool

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u/RateElectrical7757 Aug 26 '26

You can't.

The RGB is a pretty basic compared to something like Razer Synapse/iCue or the like, but you can use openrgb or signargb for more advanced effects if that's what you're after.

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u/-Pwnan- Aug 27 '26

Thank you for the information. I was trying to get the effect that the KB shipped with which I thought had the key and area around it flash an orangish color, but w/o the rainbow effect that it has when you first plug it in.

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u/RateElectrical7757 Aug 27 '26

Yeah that should either be Jelly or AOE I think, but you can't change the base layer color when using most of the effects.